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C ompost. By 4KS. What is composting?. Composting is when you put your food scraps such as peels, cores and left over pieces into a bin. You then mix the food scra ps with soil, leaves, old plants etc to create a fertilizer.

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  1. Compost By 4KS

  2. What is composting? • Composting is when you put your food scraps such as peels, cores and left over pieces into a bin. You then mix the food scraps with soil, leaves, old plants etc to create a fertilizer. • Fertilizer is then used around the garden to help plants grow bigger and stronger.

  3. Why Should I Compost? • If we compost, we decrease (make less) the amount of rubbish going to the tip. If we decrease this amount it is better for the environment. • By decreasing the amount of rubbish going to the tip it creates a better environment for people and animals because we aren’t creating more pollution in the air or taking up land for rubbish. • Composting is also a very easy way to get some excellent and free soil/fertilizer for the garden. (Not to mention it’s always fun to get a wormy, gross compost heap going!)

  4. WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY FINISHED COMPOST? • Compost is great to put in pot plants, around trees and shrubs, grow organic vegetables – and you can put it on your garden because it helps make your soil and plants strong and healthy.

  5. What goes in the compost bin • Fruit and Vegie scraps ( peels, cores and pieces) • Human and animal hair • Feathers • Flowers; if they have been in a pot, include the water in also • Cooked vegetables • Fresh grass cutting • Soil • Straw/Hay • Paper- Newspaper, shredded paper • Egg cartons • Tea leaves and coffee grounds • Breads • Vacuum cleaner dust, • Seaweed • Chicken, horse, duck and sheep poo • Leaves • Egg shells • Sawdust ( untreated wood) • CITRUS AND ONIONS

  6. What doesn’t go in the compost bin • Treated wood • Twigs • Plastic • Foil • Metal • Meat- fish, red meat, chicken • Whole fruits (takes too long to break down) • Dairy • Rubber • Packets- chips etc

  7. Layers of a Compost Bin

  8. How our scraps break down? • There are two reasons how our food scraps break down. • Worms- worms eat the scraps and break down all the food. Which then mixes with the soil and other dry ingredients. • Heat- the middle of the bin creates the most heat. Because of this heat the compost begins to break down by it self and then the worms do the rest of the work.

  9. Thank- You • Now you know all of the tips to compost. We hope you will help to improve our compost now at St Peter’s.

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