COMPOST does good things: It's not hard to make your own compost if you have access to fruit or winery wastes and manure

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Good stuff happens from adding compost to the soil or mulching it under the drip line, says I Glenn McGourty, University of California Cooperative Extension. Growers can make their own, especially if they have easy access to fruit packing or processing wastes or grape pomace from wineries. As wine grape advisor for Mendocino and Lake counties, California's hotbed for organic wine grapes, McGourty has much experience working with organic fertilizers and soil amendments. Many of the growers he works with use green waste from landfills and manure to make their own.