by Bill West | Mar 2, 2021 | Gardening and Growing Tips
Challenge Yourself! Gain Your Green Thumb Growing Belt Everyone loves a challenge, and as a gardener in the making, we know you’ll love conquering Level 1 of Full Circle’s Growing Challenge and far surpass your own expectations as a gardener and grower! Are you...
by Bill West | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
How To Build Raised Beds For Your Gardening Season Ready, set … it’s almost time to start that gardening season! It’s that time of year again–that’s right, gardening season! Boy oh boy, if you’re gardening gurus like us, you can hardly wait. Have...
by Full Circle Soils & Compost | Dec 29, 2020 | Backyard Composting, Gardening and Growing Tips, Misc, Nevada Compost, Uncategorized
Well, folks. It’s the end of the year! And as short as these winter days are, for us die-hard gardener and grower types, they can sure feel long … as we gaze longingly out at our snow-blanketed planter boxes like a lonely puppy, counting down the weeks till spring...
by Bill West | Oct 5, 2020 | Green Recycling
With help from the community of Carson City, Full Circle Compost received all sorts of green waste from residents in the first year of Waste Management’s green-waste recycling program. The 2019-2020 year has been a huge success, in fact, Full Circle received 23,844...
by Full Circle Soils & Compost | Oct 1, 2020 | DIY, Gardening and Growing Tips, Get Ready for Spring
The cold weather is starting to creep its way in and us gardeners are bummed that this year’s gardening season is officially over. Turn that frown upside down because there’s still so much you can do with your green thumb and your gardening tools. It’s time to get...
by Full Circle Soils & Compost | Aug 25, 2020 | DIY, Gardening, Gardening and Growing Tips
Reseed Your Grass In The Fall & Get Ready For Spring! If you’re a landscape lover like us, you want your grass, your garden, and all your greenery looking its very greenest! We know it can’t always be possible, especially as we catch the heat...
by Bill West | May 12, 2020 | Green Recycling
Be a Full Circle-er! You throw every used soda can, water bottle, and recyclable container in that big green can with the blue lid–you’re a RECYCLER! Every spring you’re thrilled to get that green thumb working once again and grow your own fruits and...
by Cody Witt | Apr 13, 2020 | Backyard Composting, Composting, DIY, Gardening, Green Recycling, Natural Resource Management, Nevada Compost, Reno Compost, Soil Science, Waste Diversion
Compost at Home: Build Your Own Backyard Compost System at Home We love talking about the compost, soils, and mulches that Full Circle Soils & Compost makes on a daily basis; however, it’s time for the backyard gardener to shine. If you are going to...
by Full Circle Soils & Compost | Apr 9, 2020 | DIY, Gardening and Growing Tips, Tomatoes!
Is it possible to get 300 lbs of tomatoes off of only four plants in one 4ft x 4ft raised bed? Is it possible to grow huge tomatoes in Nevada? Both–totally doable! Even if you’re not a seasoned green thumb–even if you DON’T have a greenhouse....
by Full Circle Soils & Compost | Aug 2, 2016 | Gardening, Gardening and Growing Tips, Latest
“Natural pesticide?” Sounds like an oxymoron right? Check this out: There’s a talc-like powder made from the dusty remains of ancient marine plankton. It’s called Diatomaceous Earth and it’s hell for most pesky insects that terrorize our...