Easy Recipes for Composting

Ingredients: Green yard waste: grass clippings and weeds.  Brown yard waste: leaves, small brush and twigs.  Water as needed.

Directions: In a heap, layer your yard waste as it accumulates. For faster composti- ng, chip it up first.  Water so compost is kept as moist as a wrung-out sponge.  In a year to 18 months, the material at the bottom and center of the pile will be dark, crumbly compost.  Sift, and use the uncomposted material to start a new batch.

Fast Compost

Ingredients: green and brown yard waste, water as needed.

Directions: Mix one part green yard waste with two parts brown to form a pile (an average size is 4' x 4' x 4'). For fast composting, chop it up first with a hoe or lawn mower.  Mix in one inch of soil.  Keep the pile as moist as a wrung-out sponge. Turn the pile every week to let air in.  Finished compost will take between 4 weeks and 1 year, depending on how often you turn it and how well you maintain the moisture of the pile.