Composting is very important because of what it gives back to nature. It enables for healthy plant growth. From our research we found that composting involves: piling up scraps of organic material à monitoring moisture and temperature à then turning the pile to expose all edges. We also have to closely monitor the carbon: nitrogen ratio to maintain 25 – 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen.
Carbon mainly comes from vegetation whereas Nitrogen is created through the little bit of animal product and environment. In a pile you should always limit the amount of animal product because you don’t want to draw rats and the pile will be sitting there for a long time.
The most important aspects to making compost would be maintaining moisture and temperature. This is done by turning the pile. This is also affected by the weather outside.
Below is a do’s and don’ts for what you can put in the compost pile:
