Thursday, October 15, 2009

Compost

Over the last couple of years I have become an avid composter. Initially, my idea was to start composting to supplement the soil in my garden (and yes it's definitely a bonus for some healthy plants and beautiful veggies!) But composting kitchen scraps also lessens your household waste and keeps less junk out of landfills. You don't need anything fancy to compost. I usually collect my kitchen waste in a plastic container and empty it out at the end of the day into my compost bin. It's important to add 'brown waste' to the compost as well as the 'green waste' kitchen scraps. Brown waste are things like grass clippings and dried leaves. Keep your compost pile moist and it will break down into black gold for the garden! If you'd like to learn more about composting, visit composting fundamentals--a guide to composting at:
http://vegweb.com/composting/








1 comment:

Unknown said...

I just got caught up on my Hartland info! So awesome to be back in touch with you! I hope one day we will be able to see each other as well. I too have to update my blog as things are progressing well now with the pregnancy. Did I tell you it is a girl?