Creating Garden Compost
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Composting is the recycling of both kitchen and garden wastes producing a first class, medium fertility soil improver. The actual process of converting waste to compost is carried out by creatures from worms to microbes, all you have to do is supply the ingredients and let them go to work.

You can make compost in a corner of your yard but a compost bin looks neater and is generally easier to maintain. Depending on the size or your garden you may need more than one pile or bin.
Not everybodys yard can accomodate an outdoor compost  pile A  Deluxe Electric Kitchen Scrap Composter is a practical alternative for those who want to recycle and don't have the  out door space. It can be placed in a mudroom, garage or covered porch.

The main ingredients in compost are likely to be weeds, grass, and other green waste, plus any vegetable or fruit scraps from the kitchen. Almost anything alive will compost but certain items should not be used for health or practical purposes.

“Browns” which are items such as old bedding plants should be added for their fiber, decompose more slowly. The mixture of green and brown material should be an even mixture to ensure good compost. Avoid using diseased plants in your compost.

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Hedge clippings can be used if they are soft young clippings. If you are composting larger woody prunings or evergreen hedge clippings it is best do compost these materials separately. Watering them with a nitrogen rich fertilizer speeds up the process. Tough and chunky material will compost much more quickly if it is chopped into smaller pieces. A shredder is the best method to accomplish this task.
 
Compost is ready when it looks like dark soil and none of the original ingredients are recognizable. This can take from 12 weeks to one year or more depending on the material used. Garden compost can be classified as a medium soil improver. Apply where needed at the rote of up to 22 gal per 50 sqft.(100liters/5 sq m). This layer should be about ½ in (1cm)  and should be applied in spring or summer as a mulch, or dig it into the top 8in. (or 20cm).
                                           
If you are in  cannot make your own compost a  product like Ancient Forest Alaska Humus Soil Amendment  Derived from thousands of years of naturally decomposed forest litter, it contains a wide spectrum of organic compounds. Its high diversity of microorganisms, including more than 35,000 species of bacteria and over 5,000 species of fungi, make Ancient Forest an ideal amendment for gardening and potting soils.

This amendment also aids in the retention of water and nutrients, creating stable, long-lasting soil for your garden. Ancient Forest’s immense biological activity also makes it the ideal inoculum for actively aerated compost teas.
  
  
                                                                                                        



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