would burying cuttings and kitchen scraps directly into ground be a good way to make compost?

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Answer 1

If any one out there remembers their history lessons , the Indians used to put dead fish in the ground before they planted their corn . for general purposes you do not put meat in your garden .fish is the only exception . you can also buy fish emulsion as a fertilizer. you can use kitchen scraps [vegetable matter only]. the best way is to add in the fall and turn the soil, letting it decay over the winter, plant in spring. other wise it's best to compost. some of the decaying matter could have been exposed to meat juices. composting avoids breeding dangerous bacteria. look for composting ideas on web. try mother earth news.

Answer 2

Thoe 'bugs' are probably exactly those beasts that turn your scraps into compost... Apart from that: just pile them up on the ground, and don't give anything cooked and definitely never meat onto the heap. A compost heap in its most basic form is just that - a heap of dead plant matter on the ground. Walls on the side (if they let ait through) will help you to keep the heap confined to a small area, but aren't essential. With our two-compartment-heap, we work it like this: - right bin gets filled up throughout the year with whatever comes out of the garden and raw vegetable/fruit scraps and waste from the kitchen. Since we start in spring, the botommost layer is all the twigs from spring-cleaning and cutting in the garden, provoding some aeration at the botttom - in spring, the contents of the left bin get shovelled out and thrown through a sieve. Whatever falls through is used in the garden, whatever is still too big is thrown back into the left bin - on top of that, the contents of the right bin are put - on top of that, we plant a few pumpkins and/or zucchini (this year, the zucchini were all eaten by snails, but the pumpkin is coming on very nicely, together with quite a lot of mugwort - this now leaves the left bin time to quietly and throughly rot, the pumpkin provides shade, and the right bin is empty for being filled up again -> return to start A couple (ok, 6 at the last count, including one of ours) of cats in the neighbourhood take care of the mice. Ok, if your heap is big enough, it'll digest anything, up to and including dead chickens, but it'll smell and you'll get a problem with scavengers like rats.

Answer 3

A compost would be the better way to go. That way you can mix a variety of goods and evenly spread them out in your garden. Compost needs air and a little mixing to be most effective. If you just bury them it would not be even and your plants may not grow very well or at all. Besides the neighbors dog might dig it up and have supper.

Answer 4

Kitchen scraps can be buried 12--16 inches deep if covered with at least six inches earth. They will smell bad (underground) while decomposing in the absence of air, but the end result is the same. Just make a series of holes across the garden as you need them. Wait a season before planting over a compost hole.

Answer 5

No, you make compost above ground so that you can turn it 1 or 2 times a month, and no meat scraps go into your compost all vegetable matter, leaves and grass clippings all are good.

Answer 6

Yes. I used to do that w/ kitchen scraps, except for meat scraps. It helped to loosen up the compacted soil in an area in my yard. But be careful b/c the area is then softer than the surrounding area. Cuttings? I assume you meant cut branches. I have never buried them.

Answer 7

adding str8 to the ground works just fine to enrich your soil. it will decay over time and be a sweet pocket for tender roots ! just do not use meat or dairy , they bring vermin . anything else though is fair game for composting . i once dumped a whole bunch of old jellies in a trench , my gosh at the growth i had next year !
pete

Answer 8

Oh Yeh!! It sure does improve the soil!! Just dig up a spot, put your compost scraps in, cover with dirt and let it decompose.

Answer 9

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Most are dead wrong. Period. A few have a clue, but still not hitting the mark. I give up. You folks go ahead and poison and kill each other off... I'm gone.

Answer 10

Only non meat and non dairy cuttings. You might want to put a little fence around it so it doesn't attract rodents.