CaliKim: How to Harvest and Use Compost in Your Vegetable Garden

You’ve made your own compost, but do you know when it’s ready or how to use it? In this video, I show you how to harvest your compost and how to use it in your garden for happy, healthy veggies!
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DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Intro
00:23 How to harvest your compost
2:51 Use compost to top off raised beds, containers
03:52 Use compost for side dressing
04:55 Use compost for mulching
05:54 Use compost in a planting hole
06:56 Storing your compost
7:24 Are you composting? See you on the next video!

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