Home Composting
How to compost your yard waste
Most Homeowners rake leaves, clean out and weed existing flower beds, prune shrubs, trim hedges, change out annual landscape plants, thin our perennials and mow their lawns. What do you do with your seasonal yard waste? Do you toss your coffee grounds away? How about when you brew a cup of hot tea or a pitcher of iced tea? Save those grounds and tea bags. Why not compost it! If you have a place to grow and care for plants you have the potential to make your own compost to enrich your soil. Here are a few ideas to start using your yard and kitchen waste today. If you are tired of raking and bagging up leaves, setting up a Leaf Mold compost pile is one of the easiest ways you can enrich your soil.
If you want to ensure the blooms on your Roses, camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons and Viburnum are large, healthy and have the most showy, vivid colors, recycle your morning coffee grounds by placing them in the soil around your rose bush. There are many ways to set up yard waste systems using the space you have available. There are commercial products as well as home made tried and true ideas using trash cans or wire bins ensuring you can find a method that works for you. Be sure and check with your local extension office for the latest information. If you do decide to become a Home ‘composter’ almost immediately, you’ll notice the difference in your soil, resulting in healthier plants and vegetables.
Guaranteeing it worth the effort !
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