Composting at Home Made Simple

What is Composting?

Compost is a natural process of recycling organic material, such as scraps of food and yard waste, while energizing the soil food web. Rich in nutrients, compost has a variety of helpful uses.  It can be purchased by the bag, but the best compost is homemade.

What Are the Benefits?

While enriching the soil, compost reduces your need for chemical fertilizers.  Also, composting reduces our carbon footprint.  FACT: You can remove more than 500 lbs of organic matter from your household waste per year, diverting it from ending up in a landfill.

How Do I Compost?

It’s easy!  Build or buy a bin to be filled with your compost.

Not only will composting be a great source of nutrition for your garden, but you will also be making our planet a much cleaner place by keeping waste out of landfills.  Don’t have a compost bin yet? Not a problem!

Compost These Every Day Items

Easy Steps to Start a Compost Bin

1. Build a bin for your compost.

2. Fill your bin with a balanced mixture of greens and browns: (young plants and dead plants) keep in mind to layer your plants!

3. Turn your pile regularly (at least once a week)

4. Know what not to compost

  • meat
  • weeds that have gone to seed
  • disposal diapers
  • glossy paper or magazines

5. Finally, harvest your compost and spread on your lawn, plants and garden!

Materials for Your Compost Bin

  • table scraps
  • eggshells
  • leaves, grass clippings
  • garden plants
  • lawn and garden weeds
  • straw or hay
  • pine needles
  • flowers
  • seaweed and kelp
  • wood ash
  • coffee ground
  • tea leaves
  • newspaper
  • shredded paper
  • wood chips