Composting Makes Everyday Earth Day

Forest Floor: Nature recycles leaves and plants. In a forest, leaves fall forming mulch that protects the soil. Over time they decompose into nutrients that feed the forest plants

You can recycle leaves and other plant materials at home by setting up a compost bin.

Compost Recipe: The micro-organisms that recycle leaves and other plant parts need an even mix of brown stuff and green stuff to munch on. They also need air and water to live and work. Put all this together and you will have compost!

Brown Stuff, is dead, dried plant parts like leaves and pine needles. Brown stuff is high in the element carbon.

Green Stuff, is fresh living parts like grass clippings, kitchen vegetable scraps, weeds and other plants. Green stuff is high in the element nitrogen.

Keep the pile moist like a wet sponge and turn occasionally!

Don’t Use: Meat, milk products because pets and other animals my try to dig them up out of your compost bin. Also don’t use diseased garden plants or plants that have flowered. They can spread disease and seeds back into the garden later when you use the compost.

Compost as Mulch: You can use compost as a mulch around garden plants. Mulch protects the soil and shades out weed seeds. Nutrients are washed out into the soil with each rain to feed the roots of the plants.

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Source: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost

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