All about composting for your backyard garden & your health
What is composting?
Process whereby organic wastes, including food wastes, paper and yard wastes, decompose naturally resulting in a product rich in minerals and ideal for gardening and farming as a soil conditioner, mulch, resurfacing material or landfill cover.
What will I learn?
- Why should I compost?
- How to make your own backyard compost to feed your garden soil.
- How to brew your own horticultural compost tea. Prevent disease and pests on both outdoor and indoor plants.
- What goes and doesn't go into the compost bin (ins/outs)?
- How do I make a compost bin?
- How to build the best soil using compost
- How do I prevent unwanteds (bugs & rodents) from getting into the bin?
- What is plant health care?
- How to build and utilize raised bed gardens. It’s not too late to grow your own summer and fall vegetables!
- What is a raised garden? A raised garden is a garden using
compost as the only soil amendment.
