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Solar energy, wind energy, 100% organic, fresh produce. These are some of the common green-speak we hear everyday largely due to the growing Green revolution and awakening of most people. People all around the world have been seriously starting to practice sustainable energy and sustainable living due to our deep concern of environmental dilemma reinforced by the recent BP oil spill. I read a Mantis Compost Twin review and thought it the perfect tool for anyone up for sustainable living.
Are you into recycling? It is one thing to segregate our household trash into biodegradable and non-biodegrable before the garbage truck rolls in, and a whole nother thing to go an extra mile. Recycling takes it a step further. It results to new uses or stuff made from the old ones.
You ever heard about composting? It is nature’s own way of decomposing the dead, organic wastes. As long as it is organic, nature can convert it back to a pretty much useful stuff beneficial for the living. It is a cycle and this is how nature sustains life on Earth.
Not just Nature.
You too can give aid, especially now that our environment is overwhelmed and suffocated with non-biodegradable, inorganic wastes. Do you have a vegetable garden, potted plants, a small farm perhaps? Quit buying inorganic, synthetic, factory made fertilizers no matter what their promises are. You can bet it will just poison the soil, disturbing the natural balance in your garden.
But Dung Is Out Of the Question! – you say.
Organic fertilizers are not just about dung, or manure — dried, processed and put in your soil. Heard about humus? Humus is a compost product derived from composting kitchen scraps, dead leaves, trimmings, coffee grounds, fruit peelings, and every organic waste you can think of. Basically, it’s them greens and browns!
Examples of Greens:
- • Grasses
- • Fruits and veggie scraps
- • Hair
- • Leaves and trimmings
- • Tea bags
And your browns:
- Dried leaves and grasses
- Straw
- Small wood chunks or wood chips
- Twigs, branches
- Sawdust
- Newspaper shreds
- Stalks, corncobs, etc.
Leave out your pet’s dung, stale food from last night’s party, and that dead rat your cat snagged. These are not allowed in the compost. Remember, you’d want to have healthy wastes in there if you are going to use the resulting humus to fertilize your garden. You would like to have only the good stuff.
About ready to begin home composting? Great
No, no.. Leave the ground alone. And what’s with those gloves and farmer John’s overalls? No, you won’t be doing any digging. Composting is being done in bins now so that it is less backbreaking, and less messy. And you know what’s the new cool? Rotating composters with two chamber bins similar to what I found in the Mantis Compost Twin review page and other websites.
After the jump, you would know why it is a great time-saver and a less backbreaking way to do home composting than the old compost bins and heaps method. I also talked about the Mantis Compost Twin review resources to give you a clearer picture.
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