That's right! In your own back yard.
When I make snacks I put all the scraps into my compost bin. You can use scraps from your own meals too.
These can be easily made into great compost, which then turns into the best fertiliser for growing veggies, herbs and other plants in your garden. Just like I do here at Nix & Nax.
Lots of patience is needed when composting, between 3 to 6 months. During this time the compost will be a little smelly, but that's ok, because I know it's going to end up being wonderful fertiliser.
Here's my backyard friend, Wormee, to tell us all about making compost from food scraps.
"Hi friends! I’m Wormee, a "compost vermi"...
I lead my little friends through all the scraps.
We live inside the compost bin that Izzy has out back, of her little store in Green Grass Grove, we call "Nix & Nax".
I’m Wormee... and I'm on a journey.
Just a taste of rotting waste, we'll all be moving in. We're a positive advantage in Busy Izzy’s compost bin.
I LOVE compost and my friends and I feed on it and turn it from your food scraps into really useful fertiliser that's called 'Vermi-compost' because it is the product of the breakdown process helped by worms and usually red wigglers, like MEEEEE, and good friends of mine too. We all help to create the wonderful ‘plant food’, that you can spread around your plants and herbs in the garden.
Now, where is the best place to start? First, decide whether to use an open compost pile or a bin."
As Wormee says, he and his friends, help to turn food scraps, twigs and grass into nutritious fertiliser.
It's fun to make it all happen
Do you know the difference between an open compost pile and a bin?
Well, it all depends on the size of your back yard. I have a back yard that is just the right size for my veggie garden, honey-bee hive and a play area for me and my friends and for Newly Truly too, Not too big and not too small, so I chose a compost bin over a compost pile.
I enjoy taking the food scraps out to my compost bin because I check on my garden and say hi to my honey bees too. They love it when I visit them.
Both a compost pile and a compost bin are excellent ways of making compost.
Compost piles are the usual way, but they can become messy and smelly, and need more space than a bin does.
To make a compost heap, you need space away from your house. Placed on soil, or grass in a sunny and open area. Not a dark place or on a paved yard.
The best base for a compost heap is a layer of sand, brick, blocks or gravel, the size you want it to be. If using blocks or bricks, leave some space between them to allow the air to move through and this also helps the water to run away.
Busy Izzy chose to have a compost bin at Nix & Nax, Izzy tells us why.
At its most basic, composting requires only:
CARBON, NITROGEN, AIR, WATER
The best types of waste are:
Layering different types of scraps, twigs and leaves etc is a good idea.
Watering the compost is important. This is a good idea when it's looking a little dry. My friends love to help me in the garden. Newly Truly and Bobby are bringing the hose, so that we can water the compost together. Mo Li is staying close by ready to lend a helping hand too.
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