Organic Gardening

Compost is a huge part of organic gardening, and can determine a large part of the outcome of your crops. Organic compost is a combination of organic matter and / or manure, which after decomposing resembles a rich soil. Compost is very healthy for plants and may look gross, smelly, rotten and dirty, yet isn’t.

Compost doesn’t only provide great nutrition to your plants, but it also holds water in the soil so that your plants are always properly hydrated. Compost also assists with soil drainage which helps prevent rot and depletion of nutrients in poorer soils. Another great feature of compost is that many components may bind to toxic chemicals, which prevents these chemicals from entering your plants.

You can purchase compost at any gardening store or major hardware chain, such as Lowe’s or Home Depot. It’s also very easy to make your own compost at home by using things that would usually be thrown away.

Learn how to make compost.

Here are some other benefits of purchasing or creating your own compost for use in your garden:

• Making it is cheap or free
• Helps retain soil water
• Improved soils texture, structure, and aeration
• Stimulates healthier roots
• Improves soil and plants
• Great way to dispose of leaves, organic debris, grass clippings, food waste, etc
• Helps the environment
• Increases a gardens yield