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Composting - Part 1 - Why?

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One of the more annoying things I’ve noticed since a number of houses on our street have put down sod and begun the never-ending process of mowing the grass is the exponential increase in yard waste sitting by the curb on garbage day. If the nineties taught us nothing else, I think, they taught us that a simple wooden or plastic box in our backards can act as a controlled rot accelerator for yard wastes and uncooked kitchen vegetable matter.

The Benefits of Composting

1) Reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

That’s right. Not only are you saving money on big plastic bags that you only fill with lawn clippings, et cetera, but you are reducing the amount of trash that needs to be hauled away from your property — thus reducing both the quantity in the dump and the quantity of fuel required by all those trucks needed to haul it there in the first place.

2) Reuse those precious organic materials

A compost lets you get all sorts of functionality out of your organic matter. Sure, it seems like it’s abundant now. But in the vast, sterile confines of an infinite universe, organic matter is more precious than gold. Okay, so maybe not. But why throw away millions of years of evolution when your plants will love it. Yum.

3) Recycle the natural nutrients that you pay money for elsewhere

Nitrogren, phosphorous, and potassium. You read those ingredients on the back of a bag of fertilizer. But you might just be surprised how rich that compost is when it comes to simple nutrients that come in a friendly, ready-to-use pile of warm compost. Why not save money on chemical fertilizers that probably aren’t nearly as rich as a simple scoop of composted plant matter?

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