BACKYARD COMPOSTING
Composting Guides to Get You Started
Compost is simply organic material that has rotted to the point where plants can use the nutrients. Home composting is a way to manage this process so that it is faster and more convenient. Composting can be done with almost no effort.
Just collect kitchen waste and some sort of carbon-rich material such as dead leaves or other plants, wood chips or shavings, or even shredded paper. Put your kitchen scraps in a bin or pile and top with three times as much carbon-rich material, and… compost happens!
Compost improves the structure and fertility of garden soil and helps to prevent plant diseases. It returns nutrients to the soil such as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, iron and boron.”