Leftovers To Compost

Total weight of soil organisms per acre of healthy topsoil: about 4 tons.

What does that mean? Mother Nature says "Trust Me".

If you want to enrich your garden soil by turning your leftovers into compost, you do not have to get a doctorate in agriculture.

 Organic gardening at home, in containers, if necessary or preferred, is being practiced more and more widely now.

See more small space garden options HERE.

Making good compost takes some know-how, but going through with this may diminish many other gardening problems. Here's an article about compost bin ideas.

Good compost reaches a temperature of 60 degrees Centigrade (140 deg Fahrenheit) or more.

Save dry leaves and small twigs and prunings from your general garden maintenance, to mix in when needed with your wetter leftovers.

While moisture is added to compost materials, bear in mind that vegetable and salad trimmings and other food trimmings are fairly wet already.

Twigs and prunings can help with the aeration needed in composting.

Composting is not the same as decaying your leftovers. It is not a dirty process at all, even though urine can be used as an activator, and that sounds to dirty to many people.

Yet, urine is sterile. It provides a necessary element in the composting process.

Mother Nature is very smart, too smart to allow waste products to be dumped in enormous mountains of refuse and landfills like we civilized humans do.

However, humans are very smart too and can solve problems. Right now a problem for millions is plain lack of food, and lack of money to buy it....if it is even available, depending on where circumstances have led you.

A wealth of information on converting leftovers to compost is easily found on line.

If you are like me and are just discovering how much there is to learn about growing organic food, you might enjoy looking at this material on expert gardening tips.

Planning Edible Gardens For Your Off Grid Lifestyle

Awareness of the world wide food shortage is increasing and many urban people with yards or other outdoor space have begun planning edible gardens. There is a lot to prepare for, especially if you are inexperienced. Whether you are aiming for an off grid lifestyle or simply want to create your own food supply, there is an abundance of information from seasoned growers to help you learn how.

One way you can start is to decide what vegetables and salads you like to eat most. Many natural health doctors tell us we should eat locally grown food, as it will be fresher. At this point, you will become aware of what is grown locally, as that is most likely what you can grow too.

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 You need to find out what kind of soil you have at home, and how you might need to enhance its properties.

Take stock of the tools required, if you don't have any. Good quality tools will last for many years. Be sure to take notice of the garage sales you pass, because there could be some good bargains to be had.

Maybe you have been gardening for the artistry you produce in your yard, or for the pleasure of having fresh smelling flowers in the house. If so, now your efforts will take on a new and meaningful focus as you plan for supplying yourself with food acquired off the grid.

It is best not to wing it with gardening for your food - there is excellent expert advice to be found.

Gardening can be relaxing, releasing emotional tension and worries. It can also be good exercise. You will get these benefits and more if your planning for an edible garden is well thought out.

You have a huge yet rewarding task before you. Planting schedules, organic pest control, watering systems - it is a whole world of new skills. So that you reap the most benefits from your hard work, get these expert gardening tips right now!