Recycle Your Waste, Grow a Garden and a Compost Bin

If your kitchen is like most, you have a lot of food waste that goes down your garbage disposal. Give your garbage disposal a little break and start your own compost pile. Compost piles are easy to do and you’ll benefit by healthier eating. There are many ready made compost bins available for purchase or you can build your own with some wood and some skills.

The bin is very basically a box with a lid on it where the lower section of the front of the box is hinged so you can dig compost out from the bottom. If you know anyone with grass eating animals, and chickens, a good way to add to your compost pile in levels is chicken waste and waste from grass eating animals. When you rake your yard of leaves, put the leaves in the bin too. Don’t put big branches in there because they won’t decompose fast enough. Add all of your food waste as you make it. Make sure the pieces are small so they can break down faster and don’t put grease in your compost pile.

You will do your compost pile a world of good if you purchase some work castings to put into the pile once it has begun to grow. In order for the items in the bin to decompose it will need to stay wet, don’t let your compost pile dry out. When you’re ready for compost remove it from the bottom and spread it around your plants. This is a wonderfully green way to fertilize your garden and also keep garbage from heading into the land fills.

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