how do i compost?

Answer 1

Composting is a great way to recycle your yard and kitchen wastes into fertilizer for your garden. The only things that you should not put into your compost pile are meats, bones or cooked vegetables that have had butter or oils added to them. Some add breads to the pile but we don't. The best thing to do is to layer green materials (grass clippings, vegetable trimmings, non-diseased plants) that are high in nitrogen with brown materials (dead leaves, shredded newspapers).

Visit our website for more composting information at-
http://www.gardening-at-the-crossroads.com/composting.html

Good Luck and Happy Gardening from Cathy and Neal!

Answer 2

Check out the "Gardening by the yard" show on HGTV.com.
Also, in my compost, I always use the leftover worms from my husband's fishing trips, or even go buy my own at the bait shop, as they help break down the food scraps way faster.

Answer 3

Take kitchen scraps, grass (greens), newspapers (brown), and stack them in layers at leats 3 ft high, by 3 ft wide. DO NOT USE SOIL IN LAYERS!!! Only because when you go turn your pile, you'll break you back. And it is not necessary anyway. You want to make compost to ammend your soil, making it more aerated and moisture retentive, and add micronbes to it that will help your plants absorb nutrients.

AND water your pile until it is like a humid, not soaked, sponge.

Answer 4

easy make a bin, or you can get an old trash can.
then layer the waste from the house vegetable matter mostly
and layer it with dirt or grass clippings.
keep away from the house can stink at times.
also will attract rodents and squirrels just so you know
but a good practice.
good luck

Answer 5

you can look on the web for detailed instructions but it is very easy.
We have two, one is a store bought plastic container which is rather small and another one we made by digging a hold and surounding it with chicken wire. We use the small plastic one for raw food scraps. and the big one for yard debrie.

Answer 6

Throw random bits of food, excluding bones, and some yard waste if you want. Eventually it'll all break down, just make sure it's far away from your house because food will attract bugs.

Answer 7

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/compost/compost.html

Answer 8

you take your scraps that you dont eat throw them on a pill cover with some dirt and lime and let it sit till the next year and use it in your garden

Answer 9

Have you tried looking for on the web...there are many good sites that offer very good info and instructions.