A Composting Bin Guide: All you need to know

Using a compost bin is the ultimate green gardening win/win. Feel great about helping the environment and improving the quality of your soil while you keep your lawn and garden waste, plus your kitchen scraps out of our landfills. This composting guide will discuss the pros and cons of stationary or static compost bins and compost tumblers, accessories to quicken the process, do's and don'ts and some useful tips. Homemade garden compost is a soil conditioner: it improves the structure of soil; it acts as a fertilizer and it can also be used as a mulch to suppress weeds and retain moisture. Compost has been occurring naturally since there have been bacteria on Earth - about 4 billion years - and is responsible for the very rich topsoil found in the most agriculturally desirable regions of the world.Cartoon credit:Naparecycling.com http://ping.fm/m0bxN