Never Build Another Compost Heap Again!

Quick Compost
Never build another compost heap again!

There are many ways to build up the fertility of your soil. Some of them are very time-consuming. Short-cutting the compost pile and going directly to the soil builds fertility just as well and takes much less time and energy.

Here are several short-cut methods that have worked well for me.

1) If you live out in the country, raise chickens and throw your kitchen garbage into their pen every day. They will love your veggie scraps and give you beautiful eggs in return. Clean the chicken pen now and then and apply the results to your garden or flower beds.

2) Spread leaves and grass clippings directly on the garden. Time will compost them for you and you never have to touch them again. An added benefit is weed-control. Fresh grass clippings are Nature’s manure. Spread them only about 6 inches deep or they will get too hot as they compost and you will loose much of the value of their nutrients.

3) Dig a short trench in your garden (several feet long). Only the width of your shovel and no deeper than the shovel blade. Lay the dirt you dig right beside the trench. Every day, bring out your kitchen garbage and dump it into the beginning of the trench. Dig the next shovel full of dirt from the far end of the trench and use it to cover the kitchen scraps you just emptied into the trench. The garbage rots right where you need it.

4) After every meal prep, put all your veggie peelings into the blender or food processor. Use enough water to allow the blender or processor to chew up all those scraps. Pour the resulting slurry directly on the area you want to enrich. You may need to throw a bit of grass clippings, leaves or other mulch over the veggie water to discourage flies.

Reminder: Please do not use any meat scraps or left-over meat in your compost. It attracts too many critters you don’t want in your garden.

Your ground loves you! You have eliminated smelling land-fill garbage. You have better soil. And best of all, No Back Ache!