| How To Make Your Own Compost |
 Did you know that 40 - 60% of your household waste can be composted?! Much of the kitchen waste we discard every day could be used to make fantastic fertilizer for your garden!
Here’s how: Pick a shady location in your garden for your compost Get a bin for kitchen scraps Decide on a compost activator (a high nitrogen product to get the compost started) Try one of the following compost activators: A spade full of good soil Lucerne products like rabbit food, horse feed or even some (unused) cat litters. Start gathering your garden waste and kitchen scraps into a pile in your yard. Mix it up regularly. Over time the pile will turn into compost. Dig compost from the bottom of the pile to use. If you live in an apartment, try worm composting - clean and easy for inside. What can be composted? Fruit and vegetable scraps, peels and rinds Coffee ground Tea bags Eggs shells Hair Seaweed Stalks, stems and leaves Lawn clippings Browns such as: Nut shells Leaves Straw Paper Cardboard and egg cartons Wool or cotton rags What can’t be composted? Cooked food Dairy products Fish Meat or bones Invasive plants (you’ll spread them over your garden!) Cat or dog waste Charcoal Woody plant matter (it takes too long to decompose) Your compost is ready when it looks dark and crumbly like soil.
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