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Composting Tips
Compost is highly beneficial. It not only improves your
garden soil but it also helps improve our environment. For
more information about why you should be making compost
visit our Why Make Compost? page.
Basic Compost Materials
You may be surprised to find out how many things you can use
for compost and save landfill space. Newspaper, egg shells,
coffee grounds, seaweed, dryer lint, hair, corn cobs, and
lots more.
Without getting extremely deep about what's all involved
with the composting process this is a rundown of the basics.
Composting is basically a sped up replication of natural
decomposition. The speed of the process is basically
determined on how you approach the process. You can start
composting by simply throwing organic waste into a pile. Or
you could also get a compost tumbler and start cranking
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out compost quite
quickly. Compost piles generally take longer because the
materials usually get brought to the pile on a more gradual
basis. But if you have enough organic material to make a big
enough pile it could process much faster.
CARBON / NITROGEN RATIO
Composting expediently is basically an acquired skill. It's
all about the ratio of carbon rich to nitrogen rich organic
materials. You want to achieve about a 20 to 1 - 25 to 1
ratio for maximum composting production. 20 - 25 parts
carbon rich materials to 1 part nitrogen rich materials.
Carbon rich materials are newspaper, wood chips, egg shells,
leaves, seaweed, lint etc. Fortunately these materials are
quite abundant and easy to locate.
You might be surprised how many of your neighbors will
collect newspapers for you. Just remember to be courteous
and pick them often enough not to create a nuisance to them.
They will stop saving for you if they have to deal with a
huge pile of newspapers or whatever they are saving. You
could be the neighborhood recycler. Also don't forget to
share some produce with them come harvest to show your
appreciation. This will guarantee more organic materials in
the future.
It's easier to have friends and neighbors collect carbon
rich materials rather than nitrogen rich materials. If they
do save nitrogen rich materials make sure to stop by even
more often because they can become quite smelly. Nitrogen
rich materials include non meat table scraps and fresh green
materials like grass clippings, seaweed and manure. Don't
collect manure from meat eating animals such as cat's and
dog's. Cow, horse, chicken, turkey, duck, goose, rabbit
manure etc make great nitrogen rich composting materials.
Don't forget to keep your compost pile or tumbler moist, if
it dries out it will stop the process. You also want to keep
your compost aerated.
It does acquire some attention no matter how you chose to do
it but it's really not much work when you think about it.
The more you compost the better you get and it's very
satisfying knowing you are doing something to help yourself,
family and the environment. So start your compost pile today
or purchase a nice compost tumbler and make your garden
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About The Author:
Written By Steve Snyder
Visit my garden seed website. We offer high
quality fresh flower, vegetable and herb seed for the home
gardener.
Millington Seed Co
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