Save Our Landfill Space
Compost to save the earth.
Every apple core, lettuce scrap or orange peel put out to compost saves room in our landfills.
Its not hard to do.
A plastic pail and spot in your yard is all you need.
Nature will do the rest.
Most communities have information on composting.
Even apartment dwellers can compost.
Do you do your part in helping the environment? The primary objective to compost is to capture readily degradable materials so they do not enter landfills.
The average household produces more than 200 pounds of kitchen waste every year.
You can successfully compost all forms of kitchen waste.
However, meat, meat products, dairy products, and high-fat foods like salad dressings and peanut butter, can present problems.
Meat scraps and the rest will decompose eventually, but will smell bad and attract pests.
Egg shells are a wonderful addition, but decompose slowly, so should be crushed.
All additions to the compost pile will decompose more quickly if they are chopped up some before adding.
Almost any organic material is suitable for a compost pile.
The pile needs a proper ratio of carbon-rich materials, or "browns," and nitrogen-rich materials, or "greens.
" Among the brown materials are dried leaves, straw, and wood chips.
Nitrogen materials are fresh or green, such as grass clippings and kitchen scraps.
There are different ways to compost, starting with layers of 'brown' and 'green' biodegradable waste mixed with garden soil.
'Brown' waste refers to old straw, tough vegetable stems and hedge clippings.
'Green' waste refers to biodegradable waste that breaks down faster, such as fruit, coffee grounds, cut flowers, and grass clippings.
When you add kitchen scraps to the compost pile, cover them with about 8" of brown material to reduce visits by flies or critters.
Home composters use a range of techniques, varying from extremely passive (throw everything in a pile and leave it for a year or two) to extremely active (monitor the temperature, turn the pile regularly, and adjust the ingredients over time).
An effective compost pile is about as damp as a well wrung-out sponge.
This provides the moisture that all life requires.
Microorganisms vary by their ideal temperature and the heat they generate as they digest.
This is just a basic overview of composting.
Most cities offer free brochures and classes on composting for the city dweller.
The internet has many resources and equipment.
The first step is to do something to make our world better.
Every apple core, lettuce scrap or orange peel put out to compost saves room in our landfills.
Its not hard to do.
A plastic pail and spot in your yard is all you need.
Nature will do the rest.
Most communities have information on composting.
Even apartment dwellers can compost.
Do you do your part in helping the environment? The primary objective to compost is to capture readily degradable materials so they do not enter landfills.
The average household produces more than 200 pounds of kitchen waste every year.
You can successfully compost all forms of kitchen waste.
However, meat, meat products, dairy products, and high-fat foods like salad dressings and peanut butter, can present problems.
Meat scraps and the rest will decompose eventually, but will smell bad and attract pests.
Egg shells are a wonderful addition, but decompose slowly, so should be crushed.
All additions to the compost pile will decompose more quickly if they are chopped up some before adding.
Almost any organic material is suitable for a compost pile.
The pile needs a proper ratio of carbon-rich materials, or "browns," and nitrogen-rich materials, or "greens.
" Among the brown materials are dried leaves, straw, and wood chips.
Nitrogen materials are fresh or green, such as grass clippings and kitchen scraps.
There are different ways to compost, starting with layers of 'brown' and 'green' biodegradable waste mixed with garden soil.
'Brown' waste refers to old straw, tough vegetable stems and hedge clippings.
'Green' waste refers to biodegradable waste that breaks down faster, such as fruit, coffee grounds, cut flowers, and grass clippings.
When you add kitchen scraps to the compost pile, cover them with about 8" of brown material to reduce visits by flies or critters.
Home composters use a range of techniques, varying from extremely passive (throw everything in a pile and leave it for a year or two) to extremely active (monitor the temperature, turn the pile regularly, and adjust the ingredients over time).
An effective compost pile is about as damp as a well wrung-out sponge.
This provides the moisture that all life requires.
Microorganisms vary by their ideal temperature and the heat they generate as they digest.
This is just a basic overview of composting.
Most cities offer free brochures and classes on composting for the city dweller.
The internet has many resources and equipment.
The first step is to do something to make our world better.
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