Composting Methods You Can Use in Your Own Garden

If you are serious about organic gardening, you’ll want to be sure to use at least one method of composting. This ensures you have an unlimited supply of organic fertilizer, which translates into soil that becomes more fertile and bountiful with time.

Compost piles and compost bins are popular ways to store material that is ready to go through the decomposition process. You’ll also want to consider using a compost screen. This product takes composting a step further than the bins and piles by actually sifting your compost once it is ready to use in the garden.

This process turns the compost into a finer powder that can be sprinkled on top of the soil. Compost screens strain out any items that need to return to the compost pile for more decomposition, as well as any stones or twigs.

Setting Up for Compost

Compost screens come in many sizes and may fit to a wheelbarrow. You can make your own inexpensive compost screen by attaching mesh to four pieces of wood using nails or a staple gun. This will create a tray to sift through the compost after it has been decomposing for six months to a year.

Compost bins can be purchased online and locally in gardening and home supply stores. And, of course, if you choose to make a compost pile, you won’t need any additional composting supplies.

Once you set up an area for creating compost and do it regularly, this chore will become second-nature and part of your daily routine. You, your community, and your land will benefit from engaging in recycling from start to finish, and probably even creating some new produce to be consumed and start the process over again.

Rather than only participate in one stage of the recycling process, you are taking initiative to design and run your own recycling center through.

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