Maintaining Compost In Your Backyard
December 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Gardening Tips
Many people who have a garden will usually have a large amount of organic waste in the backyard. This could be anything from dead plants to grass clippings. Unfortunately, many people waste money by hauling them off to the landfill. All these organic waste that’s being hauled off are good compost that can be used for the garden.
If you have a lot of organic waste laying around and have a garden, these waste can be the perfect fertilizer for your plants. As a matter of fact, these organic waste are what you buy at the garden center too. The only difference is that the organic waste has been decomposing and turn into top grade fertilizer. If you have a large garden, making your own compost can be cost saving.
Most people tend not to save any of the organic waste around the house because of the smell and disturbing images to ones mind. However, if you maintain it correctly, you should be able to product great compost without producing any offensive odor.
You will want to choose a place where the waste is out of sight. This can be behind the shrubs or a shed. Avoid having a really deep pile of compost since the deeper sections of the compost won’t be exposed to anything that is requires for the process to work. Instead, spread the organic waste over a large area. If you have limited space, you can spread them in different part of the yard.
Once you have a pile of organic waste, you should moisten the whole pile. This will encourage the process of composting. Be sure to chop every element in the pile into small pieces as much as possible. Every week or so, you will want to aerate the pile. You can use a shovel to mix the pile together or use an aeration tool. Doing this will increase the oxygen flow to each part of the pile.
In a few months, you should have top grade fertilizer for your garden. You can use them throughout the year as long as you’re growing something in the garden. making your own compost will take some work, but the end result will be worth it.
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