Do you want to make your own compost? Easy vegetables to grow?
There are many benefits to creating your own compost.
1. It will kill underlying weeds: Wherever you make your well-made compost heap it will get so hot that the soil underneath it ‘burns’, along with any weeds – so it will even kill Couch or Kikuyu grass. Native soil life can bury down under the hot surface area to survive. Enough nutrients leach down into the soil under the heap for them to feed on. This area under your compost pile becomes a very fertile, cleared planting bed – too good to waste by building the next compost pile in the same place. Consider building your next compost pile where you want your next planting area.
2. Compost will jump start your garden: Good compost will have a population of soil microorganisms. This will give you the basis for your future planting. It is much like building a house on a strong foundation.
3. Use your compost for your seedlings to get accustomed to the soil. Use your compost to create your own seedling raising and potting mixes. Combined with worm castings and river sand, compost based seedling raising mix has the right texture, water retaining and draining qualities and is nutrient-rich enough to give seedlings and cuttings a great start.
4. Incorporate household waste: Incorporating organic matter in to your garden whenever possible. Adding household waste items in to your compost pile also reduces your carbon footprint. You will be surprised what household items can be broken down in a compost pile thus resulting in increased nourishment for your garden plants.
5. Good composting reduces evaporation and soil erosion. You must compost to allow for evaporation. If you don’t then you’ll be rotting your plants roots with too much water and kill off your plant.
If you are being dumb about your gardening then there are no easy vegetables to grow. If you can get it done right then you’ll have a bountiful harvest.