"For yellow tones use onion skins. Brown can be created using either fresh or brewed coffee grounds or tea bags. Reds can be achieved by using red leaves, beets, rose hips or even red powdered drink mix. Collect enough material to fill a large stock pot about half way." BOY, thats gonna smell good. And it certainly won't attract any animals...

I'm not sure how I came across this post, I think it was displayed on the right side and I clicked on it being intrigued by the tile making. I was at one time interested in working with papercrete and hypertufa. But after enlisting my brother, who wasn't as enthusiastic, and my niece, who poured cement down my laundry room sink, which original to the house had lasted 70 years, and ruining three blenders, my interest waned. True to form, if I come upon difficulty in a project, I think of it as a sign for me not to continue. And really, after all these years of trying various crafts that result in crap, I should know better. I also should have known better than to ask my brother, who always says it can't be done to any of my unique design ideas. And I should have known better than to ask my niece, who once stayed up all night before having to drive to LA for an art show, cutting mat after mat after measuring once, twice, sometimes ten times, but always coming out with the wrong size. I think we both have math dyslexia. I should video us trying anything crafty to see where we go wrong. I think both of us having ADHD might have something to do with it. Sorry for the backstory and run on sentences. So, I just wanted to see if you continued with your venture. And to say sorry for whatever tragedy occurred to cause you to have to move to Florida. Not that there is anything wrong with Florida, but it isn't Panama. Which is one of my favorite places in the western hemisphere. I hope no one is upset that I brought up a seven year old post.

I'm on a Mac and I won't install flash, even though it's now available for this OS. Way too buggy.

I might add that the usefulness of homemade potting soil will depend somewhat on what you want to do with it. Many people don't like putting real soil in containers because, as the organics gradually degrade away, what you're left with is just soil, which can compact. I expect we're going to get some complaints about that. That happens most seriously on a time scale of years. So if you're just using the potting soil to plant something for a short time, no problem. If you're planting a tree, you might want to use something better. Or, just dig up the plant every few years, stir in some more organic material, and replant. The advantage of real soil is that many of the nutrients are there. Soil-less potting soil has few nutrients to speak of.