Compost and Mulch

No one invented compost. Composting took place even before humans were on earth. Composting is the proses of decaying material that means that man did not invent it because if a tree falls in the woods it will be decomposed in about 10 years with out mans help. No one invented composting, it happens naturally.

In a worm box composting system, you do not change the bedding. You let the worms eat it. Bedding is typically a high carbon substrate such as damp newspaper or coconut husk.
You put food in the box and cover it with the damp bedding. If it stinks, or gets to wet or is overcome by gnats you may want to sift out the worms and start over.
Perhaps every 6 months you should divide out your worms, sift out the worm castings/poop (dark black fertilizer) and restart the system. DO NOT ADD BANANA PEELS to your worm bin. They always have flies in them which will contaminate your box and make it nasty. You may also want to avoid orange and apple peels.

In the garden turn you compost into the garden at least once a year. Hint- grow tomatoes right next to your compost bin! RA, "the compost Guru"

Using left over coffee grounds in your garden is an excellent way to improve the soil. Coffee used as a mulching agent offers beautiful black borders, especially against brightly-colored flowers. Coffee grounds are slightly acidic and full of nitrogen, a mineral that aids vegetable and plant growth.

brown matter would be any dried plant materials like dry leaves, straw, dry grass.

green matter would be grass clippings, kitchen scraps, vegetable and fruit peels, etc..

As a recipient of yard debris is a way in which a compost pit can be used. Yard debris typically ranges from deciduous leaf-drop to evergreen needle-casting, grass clippings, and shrub and tree prunings. It also will include outdoor furnishings which are made of wood, small-sized, and transportable.

Rain will not hurt a compost pile, unless it floods. In order for a compost pile to decompose and form compost, it is necessary to keep it from drying out. Rain will assist you in this activity.

Yes, in small amounts, but keep in mind, grass clipping may generate heat, and burst into flame.

worms compost it

while moving around and living in it with food

and its not called "Poop"

Poop is an annatractive word (even though its funny to say LOL)

but you should of put the question like this

" How dose Wastes From An Orginasim Turn Into Compost?"

use the word waste(s)

not poop lol

Yes, in small quantities. Most cat foods contain meat or fish as a primary ingredient, so if there's a lot of it in your compost, it will stink and attract nuisance animals.

Cat food is very high in nitrogen, so when you compost it, you should balance it with low-nitrogen materials like leaves or wood chips.

Yes, wood ashes are good for compost. The black chunks of charcoal and the grey ashes offer to soils and soil food web members, such as plant roots, the macro-nutrients calcium, phosphorus and potassium and the micro-nutrients boron, copper, iron, manganese and zinc. Charcoal prompts compost and soil to be porous and to retain nutrients while wood ashes in general tend to increase compost and soil pH levels because of their 25 percent make-up with calcium carbonate measuring in alkaline ranges at 7.0.

Peat adds acid. So, if you need to add acid to your soil, you want to use something with peat. We added peat to our blueberry plantings. If you don't need the acid, then get the peat-free stuff.

Peat based compost,as the name suggests, contains peat. Peat free compost does not contain peat but some other organic matter. This excercise is driven by the Green lobby who fear that the planet will run out of peat and implode.

The compostable, living material is broken down in compost bins and piles by the meeting of proper levels of air, moisture, and temperature; and to the regular turning over of the pile. Added to the proper environment is the role of microorganisms, and of macroorganismssuch as ground beetles. And there may be the introduction of composting worms. Any and all of these factors contribute to the decomposition of compostable materials into dark brown, fresh-smelling, organic matter-rich soil.

Compost biodegrades into much simplar organic substances and evenually into just dirt. I asume because all compost is organic it would break down into carbon and other element. This answer is free for improvement.

The best organic waste is green things like grass clippings and leaves.

-Super Llama

The combination of heat, light, and micro-organisms makes compostable materials heat up. Proper aeration and layering also play important roles in maintaining temperatures raised by decomposition-inducing activities of bacteria and fungi and sustained by appropriate sunlight and weather.

Composting is a way to help the environment by recycling used waste products. A great way to compost is to use paper scraps, soaked in liquor (!), because the starch in the liquor helps to disolve the waste. It also makes the (Saprophydic) bacteria become intoxiated, and then they reproduce faster. Great things to put in a composting bin are

Egg Shells

News Paper (Soaked in Liquor)

Grass Clippings

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Composting is about decomposing kitchen and yard wastes rapidly, to contribute the organics to build fertile, healthy soils and subsoils in the gardens and yards.

I keep my egg shells in a separate pail until I have a load. I crush them with an old, broken baseball bat, and then blend them. They break down into sand-like particles which really speed up their decomposition in soil.

Newspapers are NOT recommended because of the lead in inks. Accumulation of heavy metals like lead in vegetable garden soil is a health hazard, but OK in flower beds.

Research sources of your papers to find out which ones may be using vegetable oil-based inks which are OK.

I bring home the shredded paper from the office. Maximum white blank space and minimum printing makes them relatively safe. Great for topside mulching as well.

If you have cats, the cellulose in shredded paper is an excellent and free deodorant, absorbing toilet odours quickly. I use the fouled sand and shredded paper in the flower beds, buried deep because of the odour and sanitation.

Grass clippings are essential as they heat up rapidly and speed the decomposition of compost pile ingredients. If you stuck your hand into a large pile of grass cuttings after they were out in the sun for a week, you would immediately yank your hand out in shock, as if it were on fire.

Prevention of fire and sustenance of beneficial micro-organisms are reasons why people add water to compost heaps from time to time. Compost heaps must not be in direct sunlight since the composting process requires an internal temperature range from 131 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit (55 to 76.67 degrees Celsius) and will support wildfires during extreme weather and severe heat waves. Mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria need carbon- and nitrogen-rich recyclables to consume, heat to sustain decomposition and moisture to subvert aridification, drought or evaporation.

Yes, vegetables can be grown in Miracle-Gro compost. The low-peat organic compost in question is edible plant-friendly in improving soil drainage, fertility, heat distribution, moisture infiltration/percolation and weed control. It promotes balanced, timely development that supports healthy produce and sustains strong immune systems against environmental pathogens, pests and stress.

yes, but it isn't very good for plants.

The banana decomposes more readily because it is mainly composed of sugars. While the peel is more fibrous and is designed to withstand the elements. The main purpose of a banana is to deliver seeds to the ground and the only way it can do so is to decompose fast so the seeds(which have been bred out of the banana you currently eat) can germinate.

Hm.

Your question is worded kind of strangely, but I think you're asking what to use and how to make a compost bin. If you are asking how to make a compost bin using actual compost as the structure ("making a compost container with compost"), then I believe that would simply be making a pile of trash.

But to answer my first interpretation of your question, a compost bin can be made out of anything. It needs to have drainage so that any excess water can drain instead of forming a smelly pool at the bottom (though ideally compost should not be wet enough to produce drainage), and it needs access to oxygen, so if you are making a compost bin out of an old plastic trash can, knife several holes spread out over the sides so that it gets enough oxygen for the decomposition to be aerobic, because anaerobic decomposition is much slower and wastes more of the matter by converting it to the gases which create that unforgettable landfill stench.

You'll need to be able to mix and aerate the contents of the pile, at least if you want your compost done within a year, and you'll of course need to be able to water it and add things to it at least by the bucketful.

Get these requirements down, and you can make a compost bin out of almost anything. I produce about 40-50 pounds of compost every month using an old cat litter box with a few holes knifed in it. At that size it's an easy task to thoroughly aerate it every day, thus making it very efficient. I'm currently making another one out of the aforementioned example, an old trash can I found in the dumpster.

After every layer of food, waste, or what have you, add a nice, equal layer of fresh sawdust. Fine wood chips will also work, but sawdust is best. The decomposition of the waste mixed in with the cut wood neutralizes the smell quite well. this technique is also used in many permanent outhouses.