How to turn kitchen scraps…

… into food for your garden

Making compost is the ultimate in recycling magic. With little effort and virtually no expense…

…you can transform vegetable and fruit peelings, grass clippings and garden waste

…into dark, rich, crumbly compost.

Compost improves soil texture providing nutrients to plants,

It conserves water and helps control soil erosion.

It also results in less dangerous waste going to landfill sites.

If everyone -industry, restaurants and private citizens- composted, we could reduce the amount of garbage destined for the landfills by half.

There is no mystery to making good compost.

A compost pile mimics the process nature uses to break down organic matter by combining air and water,

nitrogen (found in kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, egg shells green grass clippings, fresh plant trimmings and weeds, …manure )

Simply heap all the ingredients together in an open compost bin, add water and turn it regularly with a shovel. ow.com/home_com posting/making_com post/making_compo st_with.html    Watch  the video and answer the questions  

How long does it take to have the compost ready?

Which part of the compost is quicker to rot down? Which is slower? Which is wet? Which is dry?

How must the ingredients be? What can’t we add because of diseases? What is fundamental to get the compost healthy?