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How to Host a Compost

How to Host a Compost. Jill Frank North Mississippi GK-8 March 2007. What is a compost?. A compost is how nature recycles things naturally. When you see twigs or leaves on the forest floor, composting is taking place. Living things will decompose and create nutrient rich soil.

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How to Host a Compost

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  1. How to Host a Compost Jill Frank North Mississippi GK-8 March 2007 NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  2. What is a compost? • A compost is how nature recycles things naturally. • When you see twigs or leaves on the forest floor, composting is taking place. • Living things will decompose and create nutrient rich soil. NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  3. What does a compost do? NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  4. Why should we compost? • Every day each of us throws at least 4 pounds of garbage away. • That equals 1,460 pounds a year! • All of our garbage goes into a big pit called a landfill. • In the landfill, our garbage does not decompose. NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  5. What items can be composted? • Items that were once living can be put into a compost pile to break down. • Kitchen and yard scraps work the best. NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  6. What does the compost need to work effectively? • Soil • Scraps The 4 T’s • Temperature (soil must be hot) • Turning (you must mix the soil regularly) • Tiny bugs (they eat the scraps) • Thirst (for the tiny organisms to drink) NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  7. Sow Bug NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  8. Mold NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  9. Earthworm NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  10. Springtail NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  11. Hister Beetle and Mites NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  12. Millipede NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  13. Pill Bug and Snail NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  14. NUTRIENT RICH SOIL What does a compost make? NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  15. What 6 things does a compost need? • Soil • Scraps The 4 T’s • Temperature (soil must be hot) • Turning (you must mix the soil regularly) • Tiny bugs (they eat the scraps) • Thirst (for the tiny organisms to drink) NSF North Mississippi GK-8

  16. References • California Against Waste. 2007. Compost. Accessed 21 March 2007. http://www.cawrecycles.org/node/491?PHPSESSID=9b0d598589b6c471ddc • Department of Agriculture. Composting with Willie the worm. Accessed 21 March 2007. http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/citykidz/Compost2/index.html • How Stuff Works. 1998-2005. How a Landfill Works. Accessed 2005 October 19. http://people.howstuffworks.com/landfill.htm • How Stuff Works. 1998-2005. How a Compost Works. Accessed 2005 October 19. http://home.howstuffworks.com/composting.htm • I EARN. Environmental protection. Accessed 21 March 2007. http://www.iearn.hu/Apponyi/index.htm/ • Lavies, B. 1993. Compost Critters. New York, NY: Dutton Children’s Books. • Pomona College Organic Farm. 2006. Education. http://organicfarm.pomona.edu/ • Turn and Screen. Compost windrow cover. Accessed 21 March 2007. http://www.turnandscreen.com/Composting.html • Wikipedia. 2007. Compost. Accessed 21 March 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost NSF North Mississippi GK-8

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