How Do You Make Compost For Flower Gardens?
Why throw away kitchen scraps when you can turn them into a rich, loamy soil for your garden? Make yourself a worm bin, and feed voracious red worms your leftover veggie matter. Rake rabbit and chicken manure into a rotting pile. Capture your lawn and bush clippings in a bin, and recycle old newspapers between layers of mulch-producing leftovers. You win two ways: recycling responsibly and paying yourself back with friable soil. Make a worm bin. Fill a large plastic storage box halfway up with soil. Water the soil until it is damp. Turn it a couple of times to be sure. Purchase a batch of red worms. The worms will disappear under the soil. Feed them right away with kitchen leftovers. Avoid meat and dairy products. Use greens, even orange peels, and coffee. Don’t overload too much on citrus, but add it to the menu for your worms. The worms will be happy if they are left in a dark area like a garage. Remove decaying matter and allow your worms to eat and throw their castings. If you want
