Recycling your household compost materials and making your own compost is an excellent way to contribute towards our environment. We find a lot of waste in your homecoming from the kitchen itself so now instead of discarding all of it we can recycle them. In this article, we will discuss taking composting to a level ahead by utilizing certain types of vegetation that are best for your compost.
Biodynamic gardening and composting plants
When you take up composting you are contributing in a major way by avoiding the wastage and reducing the overfills in our landfills. You are not just making rich compost but you are also enriching the garden. I also know of certain gardeners that grow specific types of plants in order to add to their composting pile. Composting is actually very simple you can begin by accumulating all the organic waste from your home that includes leftovers food and food scraps you can also begin to accumulate your yard waste that includes twigs, grass clippings, etc. There are definitely certain vital steps that you must take that includes mixing the compost pile however the basic recipe involves in kitchen and yard waste.
Plants are grown specifically for the compost pile
Numerous plants have been grown in order to improve the nutrient content of the compost and many of these plants are extremely simple to grow to make them a part of the garden only to be utilized for the composting pile.
Some of these plants include alfalfa, clover, and legume. These plants are high in nitrogen and not very simple to grow, you can grow them between rows off your plants and also the edges. Once they have grown you can utilize the clippings to add nitrogen to your composting pile.
Herbs such as comfrey and borage are also excellently utilized as compost. You would not face any hassles growing them they add zinc and phosphorus to the compost. Comfrey is an excellent source of potassium.
Another plant that helps with the process of decomposition is Yarrow. You could also grow brassicas that include daikon radish and kale and utilize the extra compost for your garden. The leftover parts of this plant can also be utilized to enrich your composting pile without additional nutrients.
If you decide to grow plans specially to utilize for your compost pile then I must say it is an intelligent method to enrich the garden and it is extremely easy too.
Certain gardening methods also include biointensive and biodynamic gardening that encourage gardeners to grow plants specially to add to their composting pile. However, some also debate that growing such plants do take up a substantial amount of space in the garden. But I have to say I would like that if you could take out a small patch to grow these plants you cannot just feed the plants but also the local wildlife and your family too.
Well, that’s all for this article and I do hope that the tips and vegetation that we have mentioned here will help you to use the best vegetation for the composting pile. Happy composting!