Why Compost: 8 Fabulous Reasons To Compost

Composting used organic and natural material from your garden, patio or kitchen will help improve your soil. The fact is: healthy soil produces healthy vegetables. Fertilizer cannot make negative soil good, however compost can. The reality is that families can easily recycle or compost much of their trash. Banana peels and unwanted tomato chunks make great composting material. Does your lawn mower use a collection bag? Your grass clippings are fantastic to throw in the compost pile. Everyone has an effective way to start composting today. Let me give you eight good reasons to start composting.

#1: Compost includes Nitrogen, Potassium, and Phosphorus, just about every nutrient that plants require to be their best. Additionally, micronutrients may be available in your compost that help your greenery. Garden compost can be considered the multivitamin of the soil.

#2: Organic resources in compost release nutrients at different times during decomposition. Your plant life can make use of the nutrients throughout the season as your compost breaks down.

#3: During decomposition, organic materials and pieces of soil collect. That bonding process produces crumbling soil. The excess space in the crumbly soil is necessary for additional oxygen and water. This soil also drains very well.

#4: Compost inoculates the top layer of soil by incorporating microbes and larger creatures like earthworms and insects. These earthworms are fantastic for the soil as they absorb organic resources through their digestive system and leave humus with a high nutrient content. You will find a plethora of life in healthy soil. This type of life is essential to help your soil survive and for your plants to thrive.

#5: Toxins and unhealthy metals are neutralized as the compost binds with them. Because of this, your crops will not digest them. Therefore, the food you eat is healthier.

#6: The compost will act as a pH buffer because our good friends, the earthworms, are transforming organic matter as it travels through their digestive tract. This can reduce reliance on certain pH ranges.

#7: There are many uses for compost. Compost would be the ideal soil for seed pots. Also, anyone can use it to improve the soil or you can produce a tea that is used to feed your plants. There are so many uses for compost.

#8: You don’t have to be a rocket researcher to compost. A good sized container is all you will need. I usually have a coffee can under the kitchen sink. When the little bin is full, I dispose of it in the big compost pile outside. After you get one up and running, you can rotate it with a pitchfork every 3-4 months. After a year, you won’t have to buy garden soil, just get some from your compost bin!

Well that’s it! You understand the 8 wonderful reasons why composting is good. Why not compost? Everyone needs to take advantage of the good benefits that composting offers. You will not have to buy fertilizer regularly. The compost will continue to improve the soil while feeding your plants and flowers for a long time. Stocking the dump is worth nothing! Feed your garden as an alternative. Start supporting your backyard garden now by composting. Stop trying to make your garden survive when it can flourish. Become a composter now.