If it breaks down, compost it

Just like people, plants regularly need food, too. And one of the best and cheapest ways is to give them a good feed of home-made compost.

Basically, compost is nothing more than well rotted organic matter – garden or kitchen waste, manures, soil, even paper. Nearly anything that rots can be recycled through composting and added as a nutritionally rich fertiliser to your garden. You’ll also be doing your bit for the environment.

One of the problems of modern life is the increasing amounts of rubbish being generated. Throughout Australia, space to dump this mostly decomposable material is fast running out and laws prohibiting the burning of all kinds of waste make it difficult for individuals and authorities to dispose of it.

So composting your garden and household waste helps to ensure a cleaner world. And compost is easy to make provided a few simple steps are followed.

Steps

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