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How to Make a Compost Bin

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How to Make a Compost Bin

Recycle your food and waste to make the perfect natural soil for growing plant in.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

Adding food scrapes and yard waste to dirt to decompose it into organic fertilizer.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

Why should you compost? Well, if you want to grow a successful vegetable garden with tasty  vegetables, compost can help you do this. When added to the soil the  compost will help feed your plants.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

Here is how composting works. 1. I like that composting means that I do not need to add chemicals fertilizers. 2. Compost helps to fight off diseases in the garden while breaking down organic material. 3. And. composting is a great way to recycle kitchen scrapes.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

A successful compost requires three basic elements. – Greens- these are the vegetable and kitchen scrapes as well as the grass clippings. This is where the nitrogen comes from. – Browns- raked up dried leaves as well as branches or twigs from trees. This is where the carbon comes from.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

– Water. This adds the moisture needed to break down the other ingredients.

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How to Make a Compost Bin

What should you compost? – Leaves. – Twigs. – Lawn clippings. – Vegetable scraps. – Fruit scraps. – Coffee grounds. – Egg shells

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What not to compost. – Meat scrapes. – Fireplace ashes. – Dairy. – Pet waste. – Fats, grease, lard, or oils. – Colored paper.