Compost, according to layman terms is: "taking any and everything that came from the ground that we can no longer have a use for, and putting it back from where it naturally came from."
In plain English, compost is used to enrich gardens with its nutrients. For example, when we make a salad think of all the “scrap” that we pitch in the garbage. You would be amazed at how much we throw away compared to how much we return to the earth. Great ideas for re-gifting to Mother Nature are ends of lettuce heads, tops of peppers, mushroom and onion scraps. Start saving citrus skins, banana peels, berry tops, grape vines and melon rinds. Any thing you remove from any produce item can most likely be turned into compost!
Compost can be used as a free, environmentally-friendly fertilizer to help the next generation of plants grow, especially if you plan on planting an herb or vegetable garden in the spring. Here is another good deed you're doing when you create compost -- you are saving valuable landfill space for items that are NOT biodegradable. Less landfill is a really good thing.
So next time you cut, chop, pare or peel produce be sure to put the parts you're not eating in a compost pile. If you don’t have one, start one. It is easy, effortless and free and it is your way to give back to Mother Nature that has been so generous to us!
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