How to Make Compost at Home - URLife Wellness Platform

1. How to Make Compost at Home – URLife Wellness Platform

2. What is Compost? Compost is made from materials such as leaves, shredded twigs, and plant scraps. For gardeners, compost is called "black gold" because of its many advantages in the garden. Compost is a very good material for garden soil. The addition of compost to clay soils makes it easier for them to work and plant.

3. How to make Compost at Home How to make compost at home: • Ingredients: Greens: Vegetable peels, fruit peels, coffee or tea powder and leftover food bits (organic matter only) – 1 large bowl Browns: Dried leaves, cardboard or sawdust – 2-3 bowls Microbes: Sour buttermilk- 1 tbsp or cow dung – 2-3 tbsp Container: Terracotta pot, a red mud pot with a lid, or a small bucket with holes (for air circulation) and a lid.

4. Preparation • Step 1: Drain out excess moisture from the vegetables and fruit peels in a colander. For example; watermelon or papaya need to be drained of moisture. Use a kitchen towel or a paper napkin to remove the moisture. Cut the large pieces of leftover veggies or fruits for them to break down easily. • Step 2: Add the dried leaves in a small container or bowl. Crush the leaves and add the vegetable peels, fruit peels, coffee or tea powder. Mix everything. Now, add the buttermilk or cow dung using the mentioned quantities and mix everything well. • Step 3: Transfer everything into a bucket, a pot, or a container with small holes and a lid. Repeat the same action every day. Once in 4 to 5 days turn the ingredients in the container to introduce oxygen, as this is anaerobic composting. Add vegetable peels, fruit peels and Brown’s until UR container is completely full. It takes 45 days for the ingredients to break down and become compost. You can repeat the same process in another container for your next batch of compost.

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