By Kris Wetherbee | March
2008
- Introduction
- Ingredients to success
- Building a pile
- Turning garbage to gold
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By turning organic waste into
nutrient-rich compost, you can fertilize, mulch, prevent weeds and add
organic matter all in one easy step. Compost is a mix of biodegradable
yard and kitchen waste that decompose into a dark and nutrient-rich,
soil-like substance through a combination of biological and chemical
processes. The organic waste serves as food and energy sources for a
diversity of soil-dwelling microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, earthworms
and other beneficial creatures that break down the organic material into
a well-rotted, fiber-rich humus known as compost.
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