How to compost? I don't compost now but with my plans for my fruit and...
I don't compost now but with my plans for my fruit and veggie garden I consider it might be time to start. But I don't know how to! I'm thinking just to compost what we have not here over from eating and what is getting old within the fridge. BUT wouldn't it rot? How do I compost? What do I compost? What kind of container do I use? Do I mix my compost with soil? Would it be OK to mix my compost beside the sand in my gardening beds very soon? I'm not using the sand to plant in so I don't think it would be polite for composting. But seriously I more what to know if the food is going to rot and get all wicked with stuff like maggots. EWWWW. Any relieve would be nice :D
you can try this link
http://gardening-tips-idea.com/Gardening... How to trademark compost (what does into it):
http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_compost.ht...
Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Garden book suggest two ways: Buy your own compost or make your own compost which is recommended as the best and most nutritious.
If you buy, he say to buy different kinds of compost (about 5 different kinds).
Homemade Compost: Fastest results- 1. MIX only plant base ingredients 2. MASH -chop everything up 3.MOISTEN- careful not too wet or too dry- a short time ago moist. 4. MOVE- keep turning the pile towards the center.
Then to make the soil: mix w/ 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 Vermiculite near 1/3 of your blended compost.
He has other advice and his technique are pretty simple. I don't know about the rot. I use leaves for compost,not food, and buy the compost (like hummus and manure).
Hi Lizzy,
First entry first...
You will need an outside compost bin, an inside compost pail (to let go trips to the compost bin) and an old broom stick.
The compost bin: (Frugal way)
Find an old debris bin about 3 feet illustrious.
Punch holes at several places. Careful not to hurt yourself!
Cut out the bottom of the bin.
Dig a little where you will be locating your compost bin. A little bigger than the diameter of the bin is faultless and only about 2 inches adjectives is enough.
The compost pail: You can capture one in store for about 15$ but I prefer using a dog food container or a cat litter pail with a in safe hands lid and strong handle.
***Only thing to really Remember: Compost is resembling a Lasagna. You should fill it layer after section.
* Little tip: Chop or shred into small pieces as much of the material as possible.
Start Filling It:
First Layer : Find little dried twigs and put them down in the bin. This will help out keep the air circulating. (You don't really necessitate to add more twigs afterwards)
Layer 2
Add a layer of green: kitchen scrappings, droppings, eggshells, grass clippings. Omit meat and bones, dairy products.
Layer 3
Add a layer of brown: shredded paper, autumn leaves, egg carton.
Repeat layer 2 and 3 until the whole bin is full. Use the broom stick from time to time to turn the mixture for a time. Compost needs a lot of nouns and a little water. Over time you will win some rich soft black humus which you can use in your gardens.
Compost relies on organic transformation of vegetal and carbon matters such as comatose wood, paper etc -
There is no compost without a minimum mass - and the highly developed, the better -why ? because compression helps fermentation and fermentation is the way to the final phase of bio-degradation contained by compost -
Good elements : seedless weeds, leaves, cut lawn, animal and huma poo, urin sometimes, vegetal meal-relieves, used tea and coffee etc -
Bad elements : plastic, meat, chemicals etc
Today society make their compost in compartments, an other point is to dig trenches in the ground and bury you vegetals surrounded by autumn - after eight months at spring the stripes in which you will have buried the vegetals will be vastly productive
and produce nitrates - -
Otherwise you can put all in a pile - not forgetting also to gather nettles and mix them with the mixture.
The time for transformation is at least 12 months - and the best you can do near home-compost is to put it in holes, for transplanting tomatoes, pumkins, cucumbers, courgettes, aubergines, peppers, melon etc ...
Answers: Anyone with thoughts of starting a garden should look into composting. It's free rich soil for your plants! The link below list numerous ways to compost depending on your situation. Also the second link is "COMPOSTING 101". Good Luck!
http://web.hgtv.com/hgtv/web/searchResul...
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_soil_water_m...
I'm no expert at composting, but I believe you just start out beside some regular soil (so it isn't just a pile of rotting food) and then attach any organic waste as it comes. That includes deeply any food scraps, bones, eggshells, leaves, and even some manmade products such as toilet paper. Just hang on to in mind some stuff will take longer than compost than others.
They vend plastic bins made for composting, but personally I'd just use anything container you have. They have vent or holes in them, I imagine to prevent the buildup of discouraging odors and to encourage insects to enter and aid in the bad process. Keep in mind, you WANT this stuff to rot.