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What is Composting?
Composting is the natural process of decomposition and recycling of organic material. This material can be used as a fertilizer, a potting mixture, or as mulch.
Why is it Important?
15% to 20% of landfill materials are yard waste, and landfills lack the conditions necessary for proper decomposition. Composting can help spare needed landfill space.
What are the Benefits?
Not only does composting reduce the amount of food and yard waste that goes to the landfills, it is a great amendment to your soil. It promotes healthy soil by retaining moisture, preventing erosion, and neutralizing toxins. Compost also saves you money. Good compost is expensive to buy, but free for the making.
For instructions on composting with worms or Vermicomposting, Click Here How To Document
Or you can make your own Backyard Composting Recipe
- 3 parts brown such as dry leaves, chipped brush or twigs, dry grass, saw dust, fireplace ashes
- 2 parts green such as fresh grass clippings, garden trimmings, shrubbery trimmings, young weeds, vegetable/fruit scraps, coffee grounds, egg shells
a dash of soil
1. Mix ingredients into a bin or pile
2. Keep moist but not wet
3. Stir ingredients every week
- If pile does not become warm to the touch within 1 week, add additional green materials; mix thoroughly and remoisten. If undesirable odors occur, add more brown materials and mix thoroughly. Apply the finished compost to garden soil.
What Materials Can Not Be Used for Compost?
- bones
- butter
- cheese
- chicken
- egg yolk
- fish scraps
- lard
- mayonnaise
- meat
- milk
- oils
- peanut butter
- pet droppings
- salad dressing
- sour cream
- vegetable oil