Making organic compost is such an easy way to make sure that your organic waste stays productive, enriching the land instead of taking up more room at the landfill.
When it comes to the contribution you make to your garden, composting food and plant waste is about the single best thing you can do. When you recycle organic waste by adding it to the soil in your garden your efforts are sure to repay you in the form of a healthy and beautiful garden.
Now it might surprise you know that making compost, as simple as it is, can actually be done in many ways. And gardeners are often loyal to their particular way. You can even get all kinds of purpose-built equipment to make compost with. You can get a carpenter to come in and build screen bins to help you decompose compost in, or you could just do what comes easily and dump all the waste you find in one corner of your yard.
But there are two basic factors you need to pay attention to when making organic compost.
The first is how much moisture your compost raw material has. The more constant moisture there is, the better microorganisms and earthworms will be able to get to work. But moisture isn’t the only ingredient needed here.
Secondly, composting needs a steady flow of air, as well. Earthworms and bacteria need air to survive.
Basically, you need to make sure that the material you expect to turn into compost has a steady supply of both. If you put too much water on your compost heap for instance, all of it will just stick together and keep air out.
Keep these two basic factors in mind and you will be able to produce organic compost to make good use of in your garden.