Tips for Composting in Your Garden
Share Tweet By normanack - https://www.flickr.com/photos/29278394@N00/2457055952/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7018453 Composting is a great way to nourish your garden and increase your crop yield. Yet, many beginning home farmers don’t know or understand the concept. You might be tempted to throw just anything into your compost pile and hope for the best. If you do this, you risk ruining your compost and also spreading disease. The trick to creating good, usable compost is to use only certain types of waste: all must be organic plant material. Whether you’re using a compost bin or creating a large pile, these things will reap the best rewards for you: Green things. Green plant material is high in nitrogen and is necessary to start the heat process. Excellent green plant materials include young weeds – before they develop seeds, comfrey leaves, yarrow, grass cuttings, fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds an...
