One of the best organic gardening tips you can get is to use lots of compost! Soil is the one of the most important ingredients of an organic garden and compost is an essential ingredient of healthy productive soil.
No matter what kind of soil you start with compost will improve it!
- Sandy Soil? Compost will add vital nutrients and improve water retention
- Heavy Clay Soil? Compost will help loosen it making it more workable and improve drainage
- Starting with great soil? Compost will keep it that way replenishing the nutrients that are used
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When you compost you not only improve the health of your soil, you are doing your part to help keep the earth green and healthy! Kitchen waste, yard waste, garden waste, old news papers and junk mail that would otherwise end up in the landfill are all recycled into rich life giving compost!