Can I add orange and banana peels, apple cores and other organic table scraps directly to the soil in my garden?
If you add table scraps directly to the soil eventually they will decompose and become organic matter which will benefit your soil. However, while this process is taking place, it will drain the Nitrogen from the soil that your flowers and vegetables need in regular amounts all summer to grow leaves, stay green and grow at their proper rate. It would be better to compost your table scraps and then add them to your garden to prevent continued Nitrogen loss.
