Before you throw away those fruit peels, take a moment to think about a greener way of using your garbage. Compost is a great way to enrich your soil and acts as a natural fertilizer. There are ways to utilize not only kitchen waste, but your yard waste as well.
Green materials–Apple cores and peels, carrot shavings, celery ends, potato peels, grass clippings, but just remember, no meat! Brown materials - Older and dried yard waste, leaves dried vines/plants from the garden and straw.
A compost heap is an alternate layering of brown materials with green and a little soil. Use about 3 inches of straw as the bottom layer, Read More…
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