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Organic Gardening
Compost
By C. Thomas
Wetherald
Many backyard gardeners are turning to
organic methods as they realize how easy and what a very
rewarding experience it can be. Garden compost is useful
during planting by enriching the soil. Organic gardening
compost is a combination of natural wastes and other
decaying materials. It can leave us with a chemical free
fertilizer.
This natural
compost fertilizer is perfect to put on your garden
in addition to reducing waste that is put into the local
landfill. Any organic matter can be composted, and there
are many ways it can be done while turning waste into a
nutrient rich soil supplement for your garden.
I can think of three ways you could
organically compost your garden and flower
beds.
Natural wastes and decaying materials is a way to
fertilize with no chemicals. Utilizing animal waste
is another way. Unwanted grass and leaf
waste, natural waste, is a third way of composting
without chemicals.
Here's an example of how to start
composting, simply collecting enough natural wastes and
other decaying material to establish a pile measuring
one-cubic yard. Build a compost bin or pile by first
spreading some sheets of plastic on the ground to avoid
having unwanted weeds growing up into your compost. Use a
layer of leaves and a layer of fresh lawn grass clippings
alternately with coffee grounds, tea bags, vegetable
scraps, ect,.
Manure is one of the best fertilizers,
but be careful not to use too much. It can burn your
plants. If you do not like the smell of manure, fish
emulsion is another great choice. Manure should be well
composted or sterilized before making manure tea. You
make it the same way you make compost tea; by dissolving
the manure in water and straining out the solid
material.
Nature will recycle its nutrients. Fallen
leaves carry somewhere around 50-80 percent of the
nutrients that the tree extracts from the soil and air,
including carbon, potassium, phosphorus and other natural
elements. Plants need certain nutrients to grow and we
often think fertilizer is our only solution. By grass
recycling, artificial fertilizers can be significantly
reduced. Compost or woodchip mulching is a way of
mimicking the falling leaves in a more controlled
environment.
Organic gardening compost mulch helps
smother out weeds while feeding your plants. Weed control
is a must do, and a lot of time will be spent eliminating
weeds. You can pull them out by hand, also known as
cultivation or can be sprayed with organic weed
killers.
Start when you can, you'll soon have your
own organic garden. Soil temperatures will be 50 degrees
F soon, and there is plenty of time to plant. Working
with the soil and nature; by recycling and collecting any
organic matter you may have around your home and garden
make a big difference in how you consider natural healthy
food.
I hope you have
been able to gain something from this article, thanks for
reading. Good luck using this information from Gardening
with TLC and please keep browsing my site to find
out more interesting information on organic gardening
compost.
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