Compost is a simple and inexpensive way to make your garden brighter, bigger and more beautiful. Compost will produce healthier plants and vegetables and make your soil healthy. Compost is great for indoor gardens, vegetables gardens or your flower garden.

Compost isn’t only beneficial to your garden, but it is great for the earth. When using it, it will reduce the organic material that goes to waste and goes to your local landfill. The compost will reduce yard waste that needs to be hauled to the landfill by up to 75%.

Compost will help your soil if you find that your soils is hard and not nutrient dense. So how to you make compost? Very simply.

Before you make your own compost you want to purchase a good size compost bin. Compost bins are ideal as they have a lid, easy to transport, can be easily accessed and has a seal all around so no gaps are created. You can build one yourself if you want to start right away. Once you find or build your compost bin, place it directly on the soil in a sunny or partial sunny area that is free of water.

What to compost? Almost anything that was once living except meat, dairy and cooked food as these can attract unwanted guests. For maximum results use a mixture of nitrogren rich ingredients and carbon rich ingredients.

Examples of nitrogen rich ingredients include, but are not limited to, raw veggies peelings, coffee grounds, grass cuttings and soft green prunings. Examples of carbon rich ingredients include, but are not limited to, cardboard like egg boxes, newspaper, wood shavings and junk mail.

There you have it, It’s easy, affordable and helps your garden and the environment. So start your compost today!.