Simple Steps to Home Composting

Home composting can be very simple.  Here's a few simple steps to get you on your way.

Fill a bin with leaves, yard trimmings, food scraps, paper towels, etc.

• In the bin, always cover food scraps with leaves.
• A covered kitchen collector (or bucket) makes adding food scraps more convenient.
• Do not add meat scraps, grease or bones.

Composting needs food (leaves, food scraps, etc.) air and water (keep as wet as a wrung sponge).

• If you want compost quickly, turn it about once a week with a pitchfork.
• If you want nature to do the job, it will take longer.

Now you can use your compost as a mulch or soil enricher.  You can also make potting soil by adding one part sand to two parts screened compost.