Tuesday, October 25, 2011
General Composting Tricks For The North Shore
I found that composting is very interesting and there is a lot that I didn't know about it. First, a household can compost over 500 kg of kitchen scraps, low-quality papers and yard trimmings per year, resulting in over 100 kg of fertilizer. Almost two-thirds North Shore homes compost their organics. And compost works by bacteria which need three things; carbon and nitrogen rich material, oxygen, and moisture. One thing I will look for next time I am in the garden is how the compost improves what you're growing. One question I have is what are the cons of composting? Does compost attract rodents and pests?
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