Grow the best vegetables possible by making your own compost 
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| Compost is so rich and fertile it's called "black gold" by farmers and gardeners in the know. When you have compost to fertilize your gardens and fields, you'll find yourself growing an abundance of healthy, hardy plants. Tip Credibility: 5 (Best Tip!) |
| Not mentioned yet - you can also add tea leaves & bags, coffee grinds and egg shells to compost Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Compost is great but watch out for a few things. (1)Yard clippings could contain weed killers that might kill your garden plants. (2)Pulled-up weeds might add weed seeds to your garden unless the compost gets hot enough to kill the seeds. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Compost works great for your garden and provides lots of nutrients. Add some steer or chicken manure so the waste products “heat up” and decompose. Turn your compost pile on a regular basis. It helps break down the waste, but can also cause an odor. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Make sure you don't add any pet excrement to the compost. Dog and cat manure can have worm eggs that can survive for over a year, even in the heat of the compost and can then stick to the vegetables and infect humans. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Add your shredded documents and layer your compost with torn up newspaper. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Any type of fruit and vegetable scraps work well: Peelings, skins, cores and seeds from apples, bannanas, onions, potatoes and so on. The head from a cabbage for example, and wilted lettuce leaves are all great additions to your compost pile. Tip Credibility: 3 |
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