Composting

Composting is a great way to create rich soil for your plants. Repurpose your food scraps and other organic waste materials right in the garden.

compost bin made from buckets

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compost bucket with food scraps and worms

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Making compost from vegetable leftovers

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Compost bin in a backyard vegetable garden

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compostable items

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Man putting kitchen waste into compost bin

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full wooden compost bin

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Homemade composter in wired fencing next to shovel, rake, garden gloves and hammer in backyard

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Making compost from leftovers

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Vermicomposting worms

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Container full of domestic food waste ready to be composted

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A compost bin in a kitchen

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Trench composting with a pitchfork full of garden and food waste.

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Maple leaves that have fallen on a lawn between two trees.

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Food waste recycling compost

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Coffee filter with used coffee grounds held over plants

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Worms in a feeding tray with fresh food and bedding material in an outdoor vermicomposter.

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Filling the compost bin

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Young Woman Recycling Dried Leaves in the Composter, Slovenia, Europe

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Couple depositing waste into compost bin

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Stacked hay bales

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Food waste, including a banana, cucumber, corn, tomato, and lettuce in a recycling compost can.

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Composting leaves to make leaf mould, wheelbarrow of autumn leaves beside compost bin made of chicken wire netting

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