Gardening Tips – 11 Reasons Why You Should Compost

There are so many advantages over the disadvantages to do composting. With the proliferation of garbage all over the city streets, pathways and land fills, it's just proper to apply the necessary remedies to control air borne diseases and increasing number of infectious diseases and other body malfunctions due to air pollution caused by improper waste disposal.

And the number one solution to these enormous health problems is through composting. In composting, lots of benefits could be acquired by the populace in terms of good nutrition due to the use of organic compost in home gardening.

11 Reasons Why You Should Compost

Reduce Waste Accumulation. Most often public landfills are already filled to the maximum that it causes soil pollution, air borne diseases , and air pollution. Landslide even is so critical in areas where there are some informal settlers, a case in Manila that resulted in the death of hundreds of people. By doing composting, this occurrence would be greatly minimized or probably controlled. Free fertilizer in the garden. Producing your own black gold is handy and the supply is endless. When ever you have compostable garbage in your kitchen and backyard, just place them in your compost bin. In a couple of weeks you have your ready supply of free fertilizer for your garden plants. Improve soil condition. If you have your ready made compost in your nursery, you no problem collecting some in nearby places to improve your depleted soil, since you've your available compost for soil amendments. Your amended soil is much superior for planting and no need to buy commercial fertilizer. Reduce the Accumulation of Methane Gas. Methane gas from the landfills are big contributors to the deteriorating global warming that causes the earth to experience too much heat during summers and the death of major crops, animals and even humans. By composting, the amount of food that ends up in the landfills are reduced, thus the amount of methane gas that the foodstuffs will produced are greatly reduced. Reduce Transport Pollution. Less need for heavy trucks ferrying rubbish along roads which causes road traffic and accident. A Healthier Garden. From HowStuffWoks: With careful management, composting provides a convenient way to dispose of plant debris, which, if not composed, can become breeding ground for everything from mold spores to mice. When you cut plants down at the end of their useful life and add them to the compost heap, they no longer invite garden problems. Minimize Litter. Your garbage bin is not filled with waste materials where astray animals and rodents will not rip them open and scattered around. Increased Organic Food Nutrition. Plants grown organically are much safer and leads to good nutritional  quality and good health to the people. Mother Nature is Regenerated. With less pollution due to landfills, the world will produce a healthier environment, fresh air, and organic plant produced and chemical-free animal products. Dominant antioxidants in the atmosphere and less pathogenic bacteria. Lower Disease Infestation. Some beneficial bacteria are created and reduces the accumulation of disease forming bad bacteria which makes the population more prone to common air borne diseases. Retains Water holding capacity. Plants applied with compost are less prone to water starvation since, compost retains water and makes the plant grow more healthy. Additionally, it minimizes water consumption. You will be saving money when you don't have to water your lawn and plants as often as possible.

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Crisologo Ramasasa, Freelance writer, writes home gardening and Internet marketing tips. Get a copy of his latest FREE ebook "Discover How to get started in Flower Gardening"  and "Vegetable Gardening Made Easy", and get lots of tips, Free articles, and bonuses at: www.crisramasasa.com