Creating Rich Soil For Your Vegetable or Flower Garden
Growing beautiful flowers or fresh vegetables in your backyard is a wonderful way to spend time outside, save money, and help your family eat healthier. All plants need nourishing soil, and moisture to grow and mature. Having a free, local source of fresh compost will help to make all of your plants grow faster and healthier. Home Composting can help you do just that.
Home composting is good for you, good the environment, Mother Earth, and great for your flowers or home-grown vegetables. Composting is an easy way to help you grow better, bigger, and healthier fruits, and vegetables. Composting will save you money by eliminating or reducing the need for expensive potting soil and fertilizers. The information we’ve gathered will help you successfully create beautiful, black, rich, soil with a minimum of effort, and cost.
Home Composting is soon to be the law of the land in the State of Vermont.
Top 3 Methods For Home Garden Composting
There are a number of ways to create compost. We’ve organized our suggestions beginning with the easiest way – Trench Composting.
Trench Composting
The easiest method of composting is still the preferred method by many homeowners. To begin, dig a trench or small hole in the ground. The hole should be at least 18 inches wide and no more than two feet deep. Place finely chopped home scraps, leaves, and garden waste. Then cover with dirt. This method produces rich, dark, soil in as little as two months. A useful guide to Garden Composting is Composting Basics: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics) – this is an excellent composting resource for any home gardener.
Lawnmower Composting
Living in suburbia means cutting the lawn. Well, disposing of grass clippings then becomes the primary ingredient in your lawnmower clipping compost. To create this type of compost begin by making a 3 -4 four foot wide circle out of chicken wire. Fill the circle with your lawn clippings. Water occasionally. Enjoy fresh compost after 12 to 18 months of time. You can speed the process up considerably by adding a composting accelerator. We like GreenPig Solutions 60 Accelarator Compost Accelerator. Turning the clippings and keeping them moist will also precipitate a faster breakdown. A powerful and durable lawnmower ideal for composting is this CRAFTSMAN M105 140cc 21-Inch 3-in-1 Gas Powered Push Lawn Mower with Bagger.
Sun Joe 24V-X2-17LM 48-Volt 17-Inch Mulching Walk-Behind Lawn Mower w/11-Gallon Grass Catcher & 6-Position Height Adjustment, Included, Cordless, Kit (w/ 2x 4.0-Ah Battery and Charger)
4.3 / 5 (3,014 ratings)
$349.00
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Brand
Sun Joe
Power Source
Battery Powered
Material
Alloy Steel
Color
Kit (w/ 2x 4.0-Ah Battery and Charger)
Style
Kit (w/ 2x 4.0-Ah Battery and Charger)
Item Weight
33.8 Pounds
Cutting Width
17 Inches
Number of Positions
6
Operation Mode
Manual
Product Dimensions
33\\\"D x 19.5\\\"W x 15.5\\\"H
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[POWERFUL]: 670-watt brushless motor runs cooler and lasts longer than traditional brush motors
[48V POWER]: Included 2 x 4.0 Ah batteries offer up to 25 minutes of rechargeable runtime
[VERSATILE]: Perfect for small to medium lawns, the battery-powered mower\\\'s durable steel blade cuts a crisp 17\\\" wide path with precision in a single pass
[ADJUSTABLE DECK]: Tailor cutting height with 6-position manual height adjustment
[LIGHTWEIGHT]: Weighs in at under 34 lbs
Trash Can Composting or Rotating Compost Bin Composting
Using an R2D2 type rotating can or converting an ordinary rubber trash can by drilling holes into the side and making it into a rotating composting bin is an easy way to make beautiful, black, rich, compost at home. This is a great way to recycle and make use of an old trash can. It takes about 90 days to create compost using this method. A rotating bin composter will do the job. We like the Goplus Compost Tumbler Outdoor Garden Waste Bin Grass Food Trash Fertilizer Barrel Black (45-Gallon with Wheels). You’ll want to keep your compost pile or your rotating compost bin near a water source. Keeping your compost moist is critical for creating compost.
Large Garden Compost Bin, 170L Waste Bins, Outdoor 360°Rotating Composter, Fast Composting with Vent Holes
$1,005.13
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Brand
YSFHYAN
Capacity
170 Liters
Manufacturer
YSFHYAN
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1/: It designed with some holes on the tumbler for not only better appearance but also mixing some oxygen into the compost. Equipped with two durable wheels, it is easy for you to move.
2/: This garden waste bin is rotatable to balance the ingredients and accelerate speed of decompose. With a buckle controls, it is conveniently and quickly to rotate or stop.
3/: It designed with some holes on the tumbler for not only better appearance but also mixing some oxygen into the compost. Vent design, vent design on the barrel wall, which helps the fermentation of internal compost; the classification of organic waste, all materials should be broken to increase the surface area temperature.
4/: The capacity of this compost tumbler is 170L. Large capacity makes it more compost, which gives your plants the nutrient-dense fertilizer they crave.Really save your money and energy.
5/: This fertilizer barrel will turns your kitchen and garden waste to rich compost, to give your plants the nutrient-dense fertilizer they crave. It not only save your money of buying fertilizer, but also help you to handle the waste efficiently.
GEME World First Bio Smart 19L Electric Composter for Kitchen, Filter No Need to Change, Not Dehydration Tec, Add Waste Anytime Compost Machine, Electric Compost Bin Kitchen, Food Cycler Real Compost
3.9 / 5 (86 ratings)
$899.99
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Material
No Need to Change Filter
Color
Black and White
Brand
GEME All Things Live Forever and In Harmony with The Earth
Capacity
19 Liters
Product Dimensions
18\\\"L x 12.6\\\"W x 26.2\\\"H
Shape
Rectangular
Item Weight
42 Pounds
Manufacturer
ROKH
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Electric Composter, Real Composting: World\\\'s First Bio Compost Machine for Kitchen. Instead of dehydrated waste, GEME Electric Composter is designed to break down your food waste with microbial degradation technology in just 6-8 hours and eventually turn it into rich, organic compost
High-efficiency Degradation by Natural Microbes: Unlike grinding process or high-temperature dehydration，GEME Kitchen Composter utilizes Pure Natural Microbes for efficient Decomposition, transform Kitchen Waste into High-Activity, Highly effective Organic Compost
Filter Permanently Used: For GEME Electric Composter for Kitchen, Filter can be used Permanently, No need to be replaced, Big saving for you
19 L Large Capacity: GEME Electric Composter for Kitchen with 19 L Volume, up to 5 kg daily processing capacity. Same prices, obtain bigger Food Cycler, bigger capacity, better experience
Silent Odorless Compost Machine: Built-in industrial grade deodorization system, without grinding process or high-temperature dehydration, GEME Composter indoor Electric is Odorless, Silent and Safe
Food Cycler, 95% Reduction Rate: GEME Composter indoor Electric, reduce food waste by 95%. Decomposing food waste into 5% organic compost. Perfect Kitchen Composter for a family of 3, keep using it without cleaning for 1 year
Easy to Use: add kitchen waste to GEME Electric Composter at any time: Just simply open the lid and put food waste inside, the Compost Machine will do the work. No need to push any buttons to start the cycle; No need to wait for the cycle end to start again; No need to clean the bin after each use; No need to change the filter
A simple tumbling garden composter usually does the job extremely well for most home gardeners.
FCMP Outdoor IM4000 Dual Chamber Tumbling Composter Canadian-Made, 100% Recycled Resin - Outdoor Rotating Compost Tumbler Bin for Garden, Kitchen, and Yard Waste, Black (37 Gallon)
4.5 / 5 (18,272 ratings)
$77.28 with 23 percent savings
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Material
Plastic
Color
Black
Brand
FCMP Outdoor
Capacity
37 Gallons
Product Dimensions
30\\\"L x 28\\\"W x 36\\\"H
Shape
Octagonal
Item Weight
27 Pounds
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Global Trade Identification Number
00628344138847
Manufacturer
Forest City Models and Patterns
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Made in Canada from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic - The original 8-sided dual chamber tumbling composter.
TUMBLING COMPOSTER – Avoid digging and mixing your compost pile by hand. The tumbling design makes mixing easy and efficient. Just close the door and turn it 5-6 times every 2-3 days. In hot sunny conditions and with a proper balance of ingredients the compost can finish in as little as 2 weeks.
EASY TO USE – Fantastic for beginners! The large openings and removable door make it easy to add scraps/clippings and remove finished compost. Deep fins on the body provide great ergonomic handholds.
TWO COMPOSTER CHAMBERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE – Two separate sides allow the first side to finish while leaving the second side available to add fresh scraps/clippings. Continuously swapping sides after finishing will create an uninterrupted flow of rich, healthy compost.
EXCELLENT AERATION – All our composter models feature aeration holes as well as deep fins to break up clumps inside the chamber and mix lots of oxygen into the compost. Tumbling composters allow far greater aeration than standard models.
DURABLE CONSTRUCTION – BPA-free, UV-inhibited, 100% post-consumer recycled polypropylene is contact safe and will not degrade under direct sunlight. The galvanized steel frame is corrosion resistant.
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Growing beautiful flowers or fresh vegetables in your backyard is a wonderful way to spend time outside, save money, and help your family eat healthier. All plants need nourishing soil, and moisture to grow and mature. Having a free, local source of fresh compost will help to make all of your plants grow faster and healthier. Home Composting can help you do just that.
