This is just a quick post for some instant compost ideas.
1. Kitchen waste directly into the soil
Kitchen waste is mainly food scraps: peels, stems and leaves of plant matter. You can add whole pieces of kitchen waste to the soil (it will take
2-3 months to break down depending on the season). Or you can process the kitchen waste in the blender
before adding it to the soil. Water the hole after filling it up again. The nutrients are directly accessed by plant roots and seeds can be if you sown on top of the hole (30cm), which contains the kitchen waste.
2. Check your gutters
Gutters get clogged with leaves and twigs, with constant
rain and wet conditions, have already decomposed and is ready to use in
the garden. Again add directly to the garden, either as a nutrient rich mulch/mould,
or bury as compost.
3. Manure tea
Mature animal manure (no longer smelly) is added to a fabric bag and suspended in water, at a
ratio of 1:3 (this is 1/3 manure to 2/3 water). The concoction is left for 3-7
days to steep. The resulting mixture is diluted to 1:5 for garden plants (1
litre of tea added to an extra 5 litres of clean water) or 1:10 for container
plants (1 litre tea to 10 litres water). The solution is used as a liquid or
foliar feed.
4. Coffee & tea compost
Another quick compost recipe is to add spent coffee ground or tea leaves to the soil –
this is super stuff, especially as they have lots of nutrients, are water retentive
and they are pre-processed into a fine matter. It can also be used as a seedling
potting medium.
5. Nettle & comfrey tea
Nettles and comfrey can be turned into a smelly liquid feed in the same way as manure tea. First get some nettle leaves (young nettle leaves, the top parts of the plant) or comfrey leaves. These are placed in a hessian or other porous bag (old pillow case) and is placed in a bucket of water. For each 1kg of leaves add 20L of water. The concoction is left for 20-30 days until smelly. You can place a lid on top to keep the smell at bay (and likely the flies). The liquid feed is diluted 1:10 [1 litre of tea is added to 10 litres of water]. This can be used as a liquid or foliar feed.
6. Worm tea
Worm tea can be made by flushing your worm farm with fresh water. The solution is used in a 1:1 ratio (1 litre tea added to 1 litre water) as liquid or foliar feed. My wormery is moist and drips its own liquid through without me having to flush it - I collect the run-off once a month.Nettles and comfrey can be turned into a smelly liquid feed in the same way as manure tea. First get some nettle leaves (young nettle leaves, the top parts of the plant) or comfrey leaves. These are placed in a hessian or other porous bag (old pillow case) and is placed in a bucket of water. For each 1kg of leaves add 20L of water. The concoction is left for 20-30 days until smelly. You can place a lid on top to keep the smell at bay (and likely the flies). The liquid feed is diluted 1:10 [1 litre of tea is added to 10 litres of water]. This can be used as a liquid or foliar feed.
6. Worm tea
Any extra suggestions?
______________________________________________________________________________
Please share with fellow gardening enthusiasts via the various sharing buttons at the end of posts/pages! Else you can vote for posts through the Google reactions bar at the end of articles. To stay up to date I have provided several reader and social networking platforms with which to subscribe: Twitter, Pinterest, RSS Feed Reader or Email/Follow directly using the Blog Followers widget on the left hand side toolbar. Thank you for reading and please feel free to ask if questions arise - I appreciate comments and ideas too! 😆
_________________________________________________________________________________