COMPOST
WHAT
IS COMPOST?
Compost is
a key ingredient in organic farming but it can be used by home
gardeners.
INGREDIENTS
NEEDED FOR COMPOST:
All
ingredients are at home.
LEAVES
– From raking fall leaves.
FOOD
SCRAPS – Can only be vegetables or fruit.
WATER
AIR
SUN
HOW TO
MAKE A COMPOST PILE:
-Choose
a place or container
-Throw
the leaves and food scraps in it
-Put
water in it
AND
-Let it
bake
HOW
DOES IT WORK?:
As you
put more leaves and food scraps in the pile, it will start to
decompose.
Eventually
it will decompose enough and it will look like fine dirt that you can
use in your garden.
WHY IS
IT GOOD FOR YOUR GARDEN?:
It is
good for your garden because:
Your
using natural, healthy stuff that's rich with nutrients on your
plants that has no chemicals.
WHY IS
IT GOOD FOR YOUR ENVIORNMENT?:
Your
not throwing it away and its not going to a landfill.
WHY
DOES IT SMOKE?:
The
process of the composting make it heat up and then adding the water
makes it steam.
