Why Composting Is Great For Your Garden
Did you know that composting your food scraps not only lowers your carbon footprint but is also very beneficial for your vegetable garden? Adding compost enriches your soil, encourages the production of beneficial bacteria and fungi, acts as a natural pesticide, and the list goes on and on. Whether you’re living in an apartment or home, composting will add so many great benefits to your lifestyle while taking care of our planet. It’s just one of the ways we can reduce waste in the kitchen.
3 Benefits Of Composting For Your Vegetable Garden
Compost Helps bind clusters of soil particles which help to create good soil structure. It help sandy soil retain water and nutrients for your veggies plants.
Compost works as a natural pesticide. When you add scraps like onion, peppers, and garlic to your compost bin and then add that mixture to your soil, it’ll work as a natural pesticide to help keep bugs that’ll eat you plants away.
It helps add just the right amount of nutrients for your plants. Compost can hold nutrients tight enough to prevent them from washing out, but loosely enough so plants can take them as needed.
If you want to know more about composting and reducing your waste. I created a Youtube video 7 Ways To Reduce Waste In The Kitchen (https://youtu.be/7_sePzE1yD0). In the video, my fiancé talks through how we compost in our backyard. Do you compost?