The Best Kept Secret in Your Yard

Take advantage of your yard and food waste by making COMPOST!  Compost is produced when organic matter–garden, lawn and kitchen waste– is broken down by bacteria and fungi.  It’s the best supplement to add to your plants, containers, gardens and lawns—and it’s virtually free.  You don’t need a big space-just a space/container and the materials that make it pure gold for your garden landscape.

Benefits of compost:

• Improves soil structure
• Reduces soil erosion and water runoff
• Provides food for worms, insects and beneficial microorganisms-soil is alive!
• Helps soil hold nutrients
• Promotes healthy plants
• Reduces input costs
• Recycles wastes and keeps them out of the landfill, reducing methane gas emissions

Compost can be made from yard and kitchen waste, just make sure to leave out dairy, oil and meat products.  It’ as simple as 2 parts brown (leaves, twigs, newspaper, straw) to 1 part green (vegetable/fruit scraps, coffee/tea grounds, crushed eggshells) by volume. Keep the pile or container moist – like a wrung-out sponge – and turn as often as you’re able, to get oxygen into the pile.  After 3-6 months you should have beautiful, dark, crumbly, earthy smelling compost that’s ready to use.