Composting is an effective way to recycle kitchen scraps and garden grass. Composting reduces the amount of waste produced and gives you a nutritious organic substance for your plants. It can also be a fun family activity. Let's learn how to do it with a bucket.
Steps
Step 1. Choose a place to place the bucket
It should be in the sun, in a well-ventilated place. Air exchange is essential for the bacteria that transform compost.
Step 2. Add raw material
Kitchen scraps and garden weed are fine. Avoid meat, which takes longer to decompose and attracts worms. By choosing the right materials you will have no problems later on.
Step 3. Speed up the process
After adding the raw materials, you can use special accelerators to speed up the decomposition. Fresh potting soil also speeds up the process.
Step 4. Mix the compost
It is good to mix the contents of the bucket every week to improve oxygenation. The bucket makes this much easier than larger composters.
Step 5. Check the temperature
The optimal temperature is between 62 and 68 degrees. Above 71 degrees it is too hot, below 36 the process slows down or stops.
Step 6. Use compost
When the compost reaches a dark brown color it is ready to use. You can put it in pots, spread it in the garden or use it for any other application that requires the use of fertile soil.
Advice
- By mixing the compost, the bacteria and oxygen contained will be distributed evenly, allowing the microbes to decompose the material.
- Add strips of newspaper to balance out the compost if there is too much grass.
- With buckets, the composting process usually takes less time, thanks to the increased aeration.
- Buckets require little effort and are designed to be easy to flip over.
- They also look better in the garden than larger composters.
- Larger buckets require appropriate equipment to be turned over.
