COMPOSTING
KEEPING FOOD WASTE OUT OF THE LANDFILL DID YOU KNOW? OVER 30% OF BLAINE COUNTY’S WASTE THAT ENDS UP IN THE LANDFILL IS COMPOSTABLE.
WHAT TO COMPOST: NITROGEN (GREENS) CARBON (BROWNS) • • • • •
• Food waste (no meat or dairy!) • Fresh grass clippings • Fresh manure
Dried leaves & plant material Cardboard Straw Paper Sawdust
THREE-BIN COMPOST SYSTEM 1
2
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Stack layers of carbon and nitrogen - keep moist
Turn and move material from Bin 1 to Bin 2
Turn to finish composting
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Add finished compost to your garden for healthy, nutrient-dense soil!
Learn more about composting at a 5B Resilience Gardens workshop (see page 64) or get involved with community composting by volunteering at The Hunger Coalition’s anaerobic composter. locallygrownguide.org 27
