Compost, its essential for growing healthy plants. Composting system churn through the waste of about 12 households, you need a bin to make compost, more bins you have , more compost you'll have at hand. The key point to remember is that doesn't have to be expensive, it doesn't have to be complicated. You can you can do it anywhere.
To start with position have been in a shady spot in direct contact with the soil. This way, all the organism that break things down. Will have easy access to the goodies. You must burying the base, to help prevent rodents from getting in.
First up i'm going to add some sticks, dry coarser material, It will help aerate the pile. All of the ingredients here are members of one of two team. The first team is the brown team, things such as cardboard, egg containers, paper, all of that feeds carbon into your compost as well as aerating the pile. The second team is the green team, made up of your garden clippings, your vegetable scraps and that provide food for the bacteria to help break it down.
Rule of thumb you want about two parts, of the brown team, to one part of your green team. Use your nose as a guide, if it's stinking, you probably need to add more of the brown stuff. If it doesn't smell at all, it's probably too dry, so give it a watering. Keep clear of things like meat, wheat and dairy, so that you avoid attracting vermin. Things like tea leaves, they're also good to go in there. Oranges and onions? Yes they can go into your compost bin, not into your worm farm. Anything else from the kitchen scrap bin, goes straight into the compost.
Once it's full, leave it and wait. It'll take about two or three months, so check your brew, and when the bigger pieces have broken down, it'll be ready to go.
For your super keen composters who want to speed up the processes, have a go at some of these techniques. Once a week or so iterate your pile using a compost crank or garden fork. For every now and again at a handful of poultry manure or blood and bone sprinkled onto a dry layer, to provide a boost of nitrogen. And a little rock dust will get the worm working, and provide some micronutrients. Once a month or when you think of it, add a handful of limestone, this combats the acidity created by the decomposing the scraps, and the worm love it
