It's Easy to Make a Compost Heap and Reap the Benefits

Instead of paying high fees to get rid of dead leaves, dead plants and we'd, take that garden waste and compost it. Compost is a way of allowing garden waste and other organic materials to decompose into a nutrient rich formula to be added to your garden. Even though most of this garden waste came from your garden itself, it can be biologically changed to actually benefit your garden.

Many people who compost just have a pile in the backyard somewhere, turn it once in awhile, add a bit of water, and in a year or so have fresh garden soil to add fertilized nutrients to their garden. Others, maintain it in a commercial compost bin, a small area fenced off, or even a small bucket. It's all according to the type of waste you have, how large your garden is, and how much organic material you have to add to your pile.

For the rooftop garden or those apartment dwellers who have a view planter boxes on their patio, I find gallon bucket can work. You'll need to make sure you turn it frequently, air is a major component to decomposition and without it, you're compost bucket will just be smelly mess.

For those you have a larger garden area, and more waste, they can actually purchase a small composting container, to store discreetly by the garage, or a corner of the garden. You can actually add earthworms to your compost bin to increase the decomposition rate. A variety of different carbon and plant type materials can be added to your compost to increase the decomposition rate. Remember, decomposing organic materials creates heat. The proper heat amount, frequent turnings, and moisture can allow you to compost in less than a month.

It's easy to avoid the cost of sending away your garden waste and enjoy the benefits of composted soil nutrients. You'll simply put all of your garden waste in one pile, and allow it to decompose naturally. Or, you can increase the decomposition rate by doing hot composting. Either way you look at it, you're only going to benefit from the recycled garden waste, and have a fertilizer that is naturally composed of organic material instead of commercial chemicals. So not only do you save the money from not having to pay waste fees, but you also save the money for not having to buy commercial fertilizers.

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