Check out P. Allen Smith, garden designer, give some composting tips. He even hosts a gardening show on public television. It’s a short video. But, he gives some great tips on composting and composting ideas for the fall.
Here’s the video in a nutshell:
Smith says composting is an easy way to help the environment by reusing garden, yard, and kitchen wastes. And, fall is a great time to get a compost bin started! It’s funny how gardeners are sometimes philosophers. He relates composting to a life philosophy: You get out of your compost what you put into it! Really, they’re wise words.
Avoid these items in compost:
Diseased Plants
Weeds
Meat, Bones, Fatty Wastes
Animal Litter
Great Compost Materials:
Grass Clippings
Leaves
Sawdust
Hay/Straw
Kitchen Scraps
Halloween Jack-O’-Lanterns
With the abundance of yard wastes and garden debris, fall makes a great time to start a compost bin. Oh, and throw that rotting Jack-O’-Lantern in off the front steps, and you’re set!
And don’t forget that there’s also the option of worm composting. If you’re in Europe, you might consider a worm farm from Wurmwelten.de.
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