20 Blogs Homeowners Should Read Before Composting

Recycling organic matter – or composting, for those in the know – is both environmentally friendly and advantageous to gardens. Many novice gardeners attempt to compost, only to find that the results are closer to toxic waste than fertilizer. There are a number of reasons that your composting efforts might fail, but if you give up at the first hurdle, you’ll never learn where you went wrong. Good compost comes from knowing the balance of materials to use, and having the right tools for the job. These twenty blogs come from composting experts, who will help you get the results that you want.

Getting Started

Before you start getting your hands dirty, you must first learn exactly what compost is and what it's uses are, exactly. Once you have a basic understanding of composting, you will quickly start to identify how it can help you and your garden. Once you get started, it won’t take long before you’re confident to share your knowledge of composting with like-minded family and friends. In these four blogs, you will find reasons why you should compost, and an overview of the entire process.

1. Follow These Easy Instructions To Learn How to Compost
2. What is Composting?
3. Like a Boss
4. Top 10 Reasons to Compost

What Can You Compost?

Not all organic material mixes well in compost, which often leads to problems for homeowners. As a gardener, you may also require compost for a number of different purposes, too. You can, of course, have as many compost piles as you have space enough to accommodate. Now you just need to decide which materials are best for your garden. These four blogs deal with the various types of organic matter that you can use for compost. There are also a number of tips to help you choose the right kind of compost for specific purposes.

5. Composting waste
6. The Compost Breakdown: Digging Into Composting Issues
7. The Composting Obsession
8. Starting a Compost Pile

Composting Methods

There are quite a number of methods used in composting. However, not all methods are suitable for every homeowner’s needs. You can avoid using trial and error by matching your needs to tried-and-tested methods. Remember, you are trying to avoid waste, so the sooner you perfect the process the better. With a composting method to suit everyone, there is no reason that you can’t create the perfect compost pile. To find out about some of the most popular methods used in composting, take a look at the tips is these four blogs.

9. How I make compost
10. Montessori and Composting With Kids
11. Best Books Ever On Organic Gardening & Composting (In My Opinion)
12. 6 Composting Methods You Should Know About

Building a Compost Pile

The space that you have to work with will greatly influence how many compost piles you can have, and how high you can build them. There are also containers that you can either buy or make, known as compost bins or tumblers. Each type of containers has its benefits, although the techniques for using them are significantly different. This part is important to get right, as you can end up with unusable compost that’s going to prove difficult to get rid of. For more on building a compost pile and the equipment you will use, follow these four blogs.

13. Compost Bins and Tumblers do not work!
14. How to make a compost heap: 10 top tips
15. How to compost for beginners: the easy 2-trash can method
16. Composting bins: benefits, rules, & how to make your own

Composting Troubleshooting

As with every process in life, sometimes composting goes wrong. There are a number of common mistakes that composters make, but in most instances the problem can be resolved. However, prevention is always the best medicine, so if you are aware of potential issues, there’s a good chance you can avoid making mistakes in the first place. For all other occasions, it’s good to have a trusty troubleshooting guide to help identify the cause of your problems. The next time something goes wrong with your compost, make sure to refer back to these four blogs.

17. Eek!!! There are Insects in My Compost Bin!
18. 7 Solutions to Common Compost Problems
19. Compost Tumblers vs Compost Bins: Pros & Cons
20. Troubleshooting Your Compost

With all the great tips and advice found in these twenty blogs, you can create perfectly balanced compost for your garden. So, whether you are composting to create a soil conditioner or fertilizer, you will always have only the most nutritional ingredients in your pile.