By recycling the organic materials, valuable nutrients and organic matter are recycled. You have helped alleviate the solid waste problem! Return to Whatcom County Composting. Compost Benefits Using compost as mulch, in the soil or as potting media is beneficial in many ways. Compost contains macro and micronutrients often absent in synthetic fertilizers. Compost releases nutrients slowly—over months or years, unlike synthetic fertilizers Compost enriched soil retains fertilizers better.
Less fertilizer runs off to pollute waterways. Compost helps sandy soil retain water and nutrients. Your fresh compost is nutrient-rich food for your garden and will help improve soil structure, maintain moisture levels and keep your soils pH balance in check while helping suppress plant disease. It has everything your plants need, including nitrogen, phospherous and potassium and it will help improve soils that are very acidic or alkaline.
Compost improves your soil's condition and your plants and flowers will love it! Help your new plants and flowers bloom by digging a 10cm layer of compost into the soil prior to planting. If your flowers have already been planted, you simply need to spread a thin layer of compost-enriched soil around the base of the plants.
Nutrients will work their way down to the roots and your plants will enjoy the healthy boost compost provides. Spread up to a 5cm layer of compost over the existing soil. Worms will quickly like getting to work mixing it in for you! Otherwise you can dig your finished compost into the soil prior to planting. Using 'rough' compost where not everything has completely broken down over flowerbeds and around shrubs, helps prevent soil erosion and will replenish much needed nutrients.
A layer of 5cm should do the trick. Make sure that you leave a gap around any soft stemmed plants. Compost is great for your trees. Spreading a cm layer around the roots will provide them with important nutrients and can protect against drought and disease.
Avoid the base of the tree and do not spread too close to the trunk. Your trees will also benefit from less weeds growing around them. Doing this once or twice a year will help your trees grow taller and bushier in no time at all. Composting is a natural process that turns raw organic ingredients into humus — the earthy, dark crumbly, fully decomposed end result. Microbes naturally digest the organic matter as food.
Nature recycles organic matter all over the earth every day! As plants and animals die, the nutrients are returned to the soil. In your garden or even indoors, you can imitate this natural process and speed it up in a container or space where organic materials can decay, creating compost.
A worm farm is one of the easiest ways to compost organic matter. Because the worms and microbes do the work for you! You just add small amounts of food or garden waste and they turn it into free plant food. Cool hey? The nutrient-rich vermicast worm poop! Affiliate Links: Your support of this site is appreciated!
Composting is a sustainable way to save money , reduce your kitchen waste and landfill and tread lighter on our beautiful planet. There are both slow and fast composting methods, each with their pros and cons. If you have limited space for a compost system, consider an indoor bokashi bin to recycle your food waste. This is an anaerobic system that is compact and easy to use. Perfect for small households and apartments. Aside from the sustainable benefits, you simply grow healthier plants and soil long term.
The healthier your soil, the less problems you have. These are just a few of the advantages of using compost. One of the most important benefits of compost is it helps improve your health. By unlocking soil nutrients to grow more nutrient-dense food that nourishes your body and helps prevents disease. Are you just getting started with composting? You may find a small composting system or compost bin are easy options. Indoors, you can use a bokashi bin to process food scraps.
So use whatever method works for you. I encourage you to enjoy the benefits of composting and a healthier garden! Please share and encourage your friends to join my free Newsletter for exclusive insights, tips and all future articles. All rights reserved.
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