Make Your Garden Happy With A Composting Bin by Nowrecycle

There are a variety of ways to save money and enjoy great results in a garden, but one of the best involves nothing more than adding a composting bin into the mix. This simple addition and its resulting compost saves backyard gardeners money and time while protecting the environment and helping plants along the way.

The practice of creating compost at home is not all that terribly difficult to get started. All that is required is a special place to put organic scraps, such as kitchen discards and plant materials. A specifically designed composting bin serves this purpose well.

Once a place has been designated to make compost, be it a wheeled bin or a homemade box, the trick to making compost is rather easy to master. Just start tossing organic materials into the composting bin or box instead of the rubbish bin. The items that are ideal for making compost include vegetable scraps and skin, nut shells, plant material, paper, grass clippings and so on. Avoid using oils, dairy products and even meats, since these can attract pests, such as rodents.

For the organisms that aid in the creation of compost to do their jobs, the composting bin will need to be kept fairly warm, have ample air and remain moist. Texas A&M University describes the ideal environment as something akin to a wet sponge. If the conditions are correct, compost can be available for use within about six weeks or so.

When the composting bin is left to its own devices with the right recipe of regular, organic waste in the mix, the results can be very beneficial not only for the garden, but also the gardener and the environment. The perks of getting into composting can add up financially, as well.

Compost can be used in place of or as a mulching agent. This means compost fans may avoid having to buy bags of this in abundance. In addition, the practice of composting can also help keep garden and some kitchen waste out of landfills. Texas A&M estimates about 20 to 30 percent of all rubbish involves materials that could be better recycled in composting bins.

The benefits of using compost in a backyard garden are most noticeable with the plants, however. This nutrient-rich material is ideal for helping plants hold in their moisture while adding vital food to the soil. It is ideal for use with flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables. Some gardeners go to great lengths to mix it into the soil of their potted plants as well. Those who are in love with their lawns sometimes spread compost carefully to assist in growth here, too.

Providing a free and virtually endless supply of mulch and natural fertilizer, composting is a practice highly encouraged in both the gardening and environmental arenas. By recycling organic materials, rather than tossing them into plastic rubbish bags, gardeners help the cycle of life continue, while ridding themselves of the need to spend a fortune on a lot of other products.

From growing roses to creating a backyard vegetable garden, compost can help the process along. All that is really required to get started is a little patience, a composting bin and the willingness to think before throwing out items that work well in a good compost mix.

Editors' notes: NowRecycle.co.uk is a trading style of Plastic Omnium Systems Ltd - a European market leader in waste containment solutions that provides a wide range of waste containers and services including wheeled bins, litter bins, banks, composters and sacks. It is part of the International Plastic Omnium Group, a world leader in contract waste container solutions with worldwide sales of more than £1.8 billion. It employs over 9,000 people in 25 countries, across four continents, in manufacturing and service solutions for the automotive, environment and performance plastic products. Press Contact: Simon Dutta, N European Marketing Director, Plastic Omnium Urban Systems Ltd Telephone: 01952 582 583


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NowRecycle.co.uk is a trading style of Plastic Omnium Systems Ltd - a European market leader in waste containment solutions that provides a wide range of waste containers and services including wheeled bins, litter bins, banks, composters and sacks. Press Contact: Simon Dutta, N European Marketing Director, Plastic Omnium Urban Systems Ltd Telephone: 01952 582 583