COMPOST KEEPS PILING UP

Compost is the key to a successful garden. Whether you have decent top soil,
nasty clay or sand, compost is the best way to enrich and maintain your garden
soil.

Composting is basically the process of mixing carbon (like fallen leaves),
and nitrogen (such as green lawn clippings) at the proper ratio, building a
large enough pile, then monitoring moisture and temperature levels. While
large-scale composting is something of an art, starting out is easy enough.
Simply
collect yard wastes such as fallen leaves, grass clippings, weeds and garden
plant remains. You can also collect kitchen scraps such as vegetable leftovers,
egg shells and coffee grounds. Do NOT include meat, bones or fatty foods such as

cheese, salad dressing and cooking oil. To compost outdoors in your yard,
combine all these items in a well-ventilated composting bin. Water and turn them

over with a pitchfork regularly. If you live in an apartment or town-home with
limited space, you can still compost by keeping a worm bin under your kitchen
sink.

For fast, thorough decomposition, and a rich finished product, add hungry
redworms to your compost pile! Redworms digest raw organic material and produce
their weight in castings every day. They even work in an indoor composting box,
turning kitchen scraps into compost.
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