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Composting Guide

Composting guide outlines how to create and maintain a compost pile. It should be outdoors and allow airflow. Alternate layers of brown and green materials like leaves, grass clippings and food scraps. Shred or cut materials small. Stir weekly and keep moist. The compost is ready when dark, crumbly and earthy smelling.

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Composting Guide

Composting guide outlines how to create and maintain a compost pile. It should be outdoors and allow airflow. Alternate layers of brown and green materials like leaves, grass clippings and food scraps. Shred or cut materials small. Stir weekly and keep moist. The compost is ready when dark, crumbly and earthy smelling.

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Composting Guide

1. Compost Pile 2. What to Add


What to remember: Brown materials:
* dead leaves * pine needles * straw * sawdust
* never fill it; let the compost breathe * wood chips * dirt * newspaper * twigs * tree
* keep it in sunlight when possible bark * cardboard & toilet paper rolls * hair *
fur * dryer lint * cotton cloth
* outdoors is best!
* start with a bottom Brown layer Green materials:
* grass * fruit & veggie scraps * eggshells *
coffee grounds * tea leaves * tea bags * nut
e general idea: shells * trimmings from most trees and
plants
As you come across organic materials, add
them to your compost pile, trying to NO-NO’s:
alternate layers of Brown and Green. * animal products * oil * grease * black walnut
leaves or twigs * chemicals * human or pet
Shred flat materials to stamp-size. waste * flour * food sauces * ashes * charcoal *
nonorganics * diseased or mildewed plants *
Cut larger objects to the size of your thumb. weeds * treated wood

3. Weekly Maintainence 4. Use it!


* Stir the pile to Plant Seeds
* Water the pile to moistness 1 part compost to 3 parts soil
* Add green material if pile feels cold to Plant Seedlings
*Add brown material if pile stinks 1 part compost to 2 parts soil.

* Let worms & white fungus be! to Nourish Established Houseplants


* Try to maintain 50/50% green to brown simply sprinkle compost as-is on the
surface of the potted plants’ dirt
It’s ready to use when dark colored, crumbly,
mostly smooth, and earthy-smelling.

Composting Guide by Lori Ann Gregory at www.SimpleMakes.com


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