"... no room left in your vegetable garden and still have some planting to do ... need extra space for a late crop of potatoes ... a simple path ... hide an air-conditioning unit ... keep mulch in a flower bed ..."
If you're short on space, you can use a plastic garbage can. Remove the bottom, and set it on top of the soil. Inside, layer the materials as with the larger composting bin and then put the top on. In a week, lift up the garbage can. The compost will fall out. Take the can to a new location and put the old compost back in the can. In a few weeks, you will have rich humus from composting.
HGTV's master gardener Paul James and plant propagator Steve Silk explain how to take tip and stem cuttings in order to produce more plants for the garden.
NCSU Horticulture Information Leafelet Barclay Poling, Professor and Extension Specialist Connie Fisk, Muscadine Extension Associate Department of Horticultural Science, NCSU (Duplin County) Revised 06/06