Posted
on May 29, 2016
It's
inexpensive!
It's healthy for the Earth!
And it's good for your yard and garden!
Composting
is basically making a heap of wet kitchen scraps, leaves, and yard
waste; the heap of “green waste” and “brown waste” breaks
down into nutrient-rich soil, or humus.
Compost or humus is a wonderful soil / fertilizer to use in your garden and lawn.
Good
compost requires water, air, and carbon- and nitrogen-rich stuff. The
latter two things are of course the kitchen scraps and yard waste.
It's best if you shred the plant matter, add water, and turn the heap
(which creates new pockets of air) periodically.
Adding earthworms
helps, as well. The worms ingest partly composted material, and poop
it out again in a more broken-down state; also, as they move through
the compost, they create new pockets of air.
Composting
also requires TIME. It takes weeks or months to turn leaves and waste into
soil.
Did
you know...?
Composting
depends on many sorts of micro-organisms that break down the green
waste. Bacteria, fungi, molds, yeast, protozoa, and rotifers all live
in compost – and that's a good thing!
On
farms, composting includes animal manure and some sort of “bedding”
(straw, sawdust, newspaper, chopped cardboard).
Composting
is supposed to be really easy...but I'm totally confused!
- Here is a video that is a practical how-to on composting.
The
thing is, these three videos disagree with one another!
Today
is a great day to learn more about composting – and maybe sort out
why the stuff said in those three videos is so different!
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