About WestBasketCo
WestBasketCo is a small editorial site that collects working notes on home gardening and composting. The focus is narrow on purpose: how soil health, planting cycles, and balanced composting fit together in a backyard or community garden, with Canadian growing conditions in mind.
What the site covers
The writing here stays within three connected topics — reading and improving garden soil, timing planting around regional frost dates, and keeping a home compost pile balanced. Each article links to the others because, in practice, the subjects are inseparable.
How sources are handled
Articles cite publicly available references such as federal agriculture and environment resources, municipal organics programs, and general reference encyclopedias. Where exact figures vary by region or are not firmly established, the text uses neutral descriptions rather than inventing numbers. Local soil, climate, and municipal rules differ, so regional extension services and municipal guidelines remain the authoritative source for any specific garden.
Images
Photographs on this site come from Wikimedia Commons contributors under their respective licenses, chosen to illustrate the topics rather than to depict any specific product or place.
Contact
Questions and corrections are welcome through the contact form on the home page. The form runs entirely in the browser and does not transmit data to a server.