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Ingredient Bin
Composting Basics Using Compost Bins
Did you know that upwards of 60 percent of the waste generated by the average U.S. household could be recycled or composted? Unfortunately, only 8 percent of American waste is composted, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Did you also know that yard waste, such as grass trimmings, makes up almost 20 percent of all waste generated each year? When put into landfills, organic matter like food and grass trimmings consume a substantial amount of space and play a large role in the creation of methane gas, a greenhouse gas that "remains in the atmosphere for approximately 9-15 years...and is over 20 times more effective in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide" (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).
Composting organic matter like food and grass trimmings is simple, especially when using a purchased compost bin. Making a compost pile on your own is certainly another way to go, but compost bins on the market come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and time and again, make the process of composting virtually effortless. No matter how you choose to compost your organic wastes, you would be hard pressed to deny the advantages of composting. Composting helps the environment by diminishing greenhouse gases and other impurities in the air that would be produced as a result of simply throwing organic wastes into the local landfill or incinerator. Composting also saves money by making no cost fertilizer available to you for your garden. Finally, compost puts nutrients back into the soil, increasing the quality of the soil and improving the health of plants.
When making your own compost, the first thing is to select a compost bin. Compost bins are available in all shapes and sizes, so the size of your garden or yard is not an issue. Large compost bins allow avid gardeners with plenty of yard space the ability to make enough compost to last throughout the growing season. On the other hand, small compost bins can fit in the kitchen or on the balcony of a petite living space and provide enough compost for house plants and a small herb garden. Knowing how much time you wish to spend tending to your compost pile and how much space you have to devote to a compost bin will serve as a benefit and a time saver as you search for the compost bin that best fits your needs.
Once you have chosen your preferred compost bin, it's time to begin filling it with organic matter. But can you put any kind of organic matter into a compost pile? Unfortunately, no. The general recommendation is to fill your compost bin with a mixture of 50 percent "browns," and 50 percent "greens." The "browns" add carbon to the mix and consist of some of the ingredients that follow:
- Dried leaves
- Straw
- Chopped Cornstalks - must be shredded or chopped into very small pieces first
- Shredded Paper
- Shredded Cardboard
- Paper Towels
"Greens" add nitrogen to the mix and comprise a few of the items that follow:
- Grass Clippings
- Garden Trimmings
- Most Kitchen Wastes
- Fresh Hay
- Manure from non-meat eating animals
It is not recommended to add the following types of organic matter into your compost bin unless properly prepared first:
- Diseased plants
- Grass clippings with chemicals
- Hedge trimmings
- Nut shells
- Peat moss
- Pine Cones
- Pine needles
- Sawdust
- Sod
- Soil
- Weeds
- Wood ashes
- Wood chips
For information about how to prepare these types of organic matter for composting, visit the website of your local agricultural extension office.
Some organic matter is never appropriate to place in a compost bin. Here are the main offenders:
- Bones
- Cat litter
- Charcoal and briquettes
- Cooked food waste
- Dairy products -- (butter, cheese, mayonnaise, salad dressing, milk, yogurt, sour cream)
- Dishwater
- Fatty, oily, greasy foods
- Fish scraps
- Meat
- Glossy, colored paper
- Peanut butter
- Pet wastes, human excrement
- Sludge (biosolids)
Maintaining your compost pile depends on the type of compost bin you have selected. Some compost bins require that the pile be mixed from time to tome, but some compost bins require no mixing. Refer to the compost bin manufacturer's instructions for details.
By purchasing or making your own compost bin that works best for you, and by following some basic rules and recommendations, you can create your own money saving, environmentally responsible, plant nourishing compost.
Source:
University of Illinois Extension: Composting for the Homeowner
About the Author
Trey Collier is owner of BackyardCity.com, North America's finest Outdoor Casual Living Store, designed and created to help fashion outdoor living spaces. Since 2001, BackyardCity.com has offered internet customers quality outdoor living products, including Compost Bins, at very reasonable prices.
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