How easy is it to start a home composting system?
It’s very easy! I had never done it before and it only takes a couple of hours to set it up. We show how anyone can easily make their own compost by layering soil, plant material (such as dry leaves or grass clippings) and kitchen scraps, then giving it a good watering. After that’s done, you can start throwing in your kitchen scraps, dead leaves, grass clippings, even over the winter months. It turns into nutrient-rich soil by the following year, so that you can create a garden anywhere—even if your soil has too much clay or is poor quality. What needs to be tidied up in your garden come fall? Most vegetables can be pulled up, harvested, and the stalks and leaves put into the compost. Put a good cover of leaves to protect the soil in October! Leave behind any perennial herbs such as mint or chives, and of course any indigenous plants, which will come up again the following spring.
