Organic gardening compost is one of the easier things to make for the maintenance of your garden. Many people believe that fertilizer made from expensive ingredients as well as compost bought from stores is better than what we can make at home. Actually, you can make adequate organic gardening compost from what you have at your home.

What You Need

Table scraps as well as dead old leaves are great for starting your very own organic gardening compost heap. Old dead leaves may be from the trees in your back or front yard or they can also be leaves from your plants. Even grass cuttings and small branches and twigs can be included in the organic gardening compost that you will make.

Leftovers from your meals can also be added to your organic gardening compost. Leftovers can range from fruit peels, bones, and uneaten food. Cardboard boxes and whole sheets of paper must be shredded or cut into pieces before you add them to your organic gardening compost heap. Other organic objects can be added to your organic gardening compost heap. Soil is also necessary in making your organic compost.

What To Do

You might want to dig a hole in your garden that is big enough to accommodate your amount of organic products to mix. Put the old dead leaves at the bottom of your organic gardening compost heap. On top of the dead leaves, lay the leftover foods and then cover with the shredded cardboard or paper. The last thing you add is the soil. Water the organic gardening compost heap to make is damp. Leave the heap for up to several days or a week. You can mix the components of the heap after a week's time and water it every time you mix it. Continue to mix the heap for several weeks until such time that the compost is thoroughly mixed.

Making your own organic gardening compost can be advantageous because it saves you money and also gives you a way to dispose of your organic by products. You can stop buying compost material for your garden although making compost can take up to several months before you can use it. There is equipment which you can use to thoroughly mix the organic gardening compost. These come in barrel forms with handles to turn so that the compost can be mixed thoroughly. Some people also add organic fertilizer into their compost to elevate the levels of nutrients in our compost heap.