Composting
For so long, we believed the only way to rid ourselves of the natural waste that our yard produced was through open burning. We accomplish the feat of making more space and not paying for the disposable. Yet, we didn't realize the effects it could have to our environment. By using the debris that our trees and grass make, we can use it as compost to enrich our soil and reduce some of the pollutants that we put into the air. In some areas, open burning is allowed, but only with a permit. Even then, burning of garbage, dead animals, petroleum products, paints, rubber products, plastics, paper, cardboard...is not allowed. The only material that is allowed to be burned is natural vegetation. The fine for burning out of permitted areas and/or burning materials that are not allowed is a minimum of twenty-five dollars. Depending on the amount and location, the fine could skyrocket to $200, 000. Compost is an easy solution to eliminating the waste that our environment brings, while at the same time, providing many benefits to us, and the environment. By using compost, it improves our plant growth by enriching the soil that it drinks its nutrients from. It helps us avoid buying soil amendments such as peat, bark mulch and b
Not only benefiting us, our involvement in making compost benefits the environment also. As if we already don't have enough garbage filling our landfills, we certainly don't need our yard waste to waste any more space when we can so easily handle it ourselves. Compost helps reduce the volume it could contribute to landfills. Why put it into the earth that way, when we can enrich it by turning our yard waste into a natural fertilizer? It also helps prevents us from purchasing pesticides and chemical fertilizers that could further damage the environment and the animals around us. Although composting is a smart method of getting rid of our yard and garden waste, our compost pile can create some problems: bad odor, the compost pile isn't breaking down and the heap is moist, sweet smelling with some decomposition but still doesn't decompose enough. If the pile is producing bad odor, the pile may be too wet, too tight or both. Turn it to loosen it and allow better air exchange in the pile. If it is too wet, turn the pile and add dry material. The use of animal products may also contribute to the bad odor of our compost pile. Or our pile may not be decomposing because the pile is too small or there isn't enough nitrogen available for proper decomposition. Collect more materials or add those available to make a larger pile. Turn and mix the old ingredients th
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