Improve Your Garden Soil with Homemade Compost

Composting is the original fertilizer—nature's recycling system. It rebuilds soil, eliminates chemical dependence, retains water, and diverts waste from landfills. Ready compost is dark, crumbly, and earthy.

The Simple Method

2 parts brown (carbon) : 1 part green (nitrogen)

Exclude: Meat, dairy, oils, pet waste, diseased plants, seeded weeds, treated material.

Speed It Up

• Shred everything small (lawn mower, chipper).
• Build pile 3–4 ft wide × 3 ft high for heat retention.
• Moisture like a wrung sponge.
• Turn weekly for air; add vent holes to bins.

Microbes do the work. You provide the menu and conditions. The result: free, living fertilizer that makes plants thrive.