Making good compost is a special art that we all must learn if we are to become Master Organic Gardeners.
Green Composting: Thirty percent of our landfill materials come from this area of our wastes. Grass clippings, leaves, etc. make great additions to our composting system. A shredder will help tospeed up the composting process.
Kitchen Composting: It pays to be able to save all of your kitchen wastes. A small container would be useful to have in the kitchen area for this purpose. Make sure it has a lid. We compostall of our kitchen wastes and recycled paper wastes as well as the wood from the matches we use, etc., any thing that will compost is saved. Learning to make compost is a great way to takesomething that is being thrown away and turns it into food for the soil, for the plants, and food for us.. This is recycling at its best! Make sure that you empty the container every day. I suggest that you can compost the kitchen wastes by layering into your compost. You can also bury the kitchen wastes into your garden allowing the worms a meal. Adding some rock dust to kitchen waste will help reduce smells and will also increase microbial activity.
Excerpt from “Organic Vegetable Gardening Guide” by The Invisible Gardener
