How To Compost At Home

For those living in apartments or with limited backyard space a kitchen compost pail is a convenient option.

How to compost at home. Compost alternatives for apartments. Helpful tools include pitchforks square point shovels or machetes and water hoses with a spray head. Regular mixing or turning of the compost and some water will help maintain the compost.

Most commonly placed under the sink the pail can be any size you want. In this video ask this old house landscape designer jenn nawada gets a lesson on the best ways to compost organic materials at home. What materials to compost at home.

Add about 4 to 6 inches of compost to your flower beds and into your pots at the beginning of each planting season. When the compost no longer gives off heat and becomes dry brown and crumbly it s fully cooked and ready to feed to the garden. There are many different ways to make a compost pile.

Whether you ve got a small apartment or a big backyard there are ways to compost your kitchen scraps in any space. Buckets garbage bins and metal containers can all double as compost pails. How to compost at home.

This episode is your starter for how to compost your organic waste into rich soil. Sort organics to throw in the compost bin like fruit vegetables coffee grounds and egg shells for carbon and dry leaves newspaper or cardboard for nitrogen.