Recycle your food and waste to make the perfect natural soil for growing plant in.
Adding food scrapes and yard waste to dirt to decompose it into organic fertilizer.
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.
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.
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.
– Water. This adds the moisture needed to break down the other ingredients.
What should you compost? – Leaves. – Twigs. – Lawn clippings. – Vegetable scraps. – Fruit scraps. – Coffee grounds. – Egg shells
What not to compost. – Meat scrapes. – Fireplace ashes. – Dairy. – Pet waste. – Fats, grease, lard, or oils. – Colored paper.