Have you ever thought that the garden debris which you through away in plastic bags can be used to improve the soil quality of your lawn. Try to collect all the leaves and other waste materials from your natural lawn before winter arrives as they valuable compost. This organic matter not only acts as useful compost but also aerates soils and improves the soilâ??s drainage quality. Decomposed matter increases the water holding capacity of lighter soils by acting as a sponge.
These composts acts as fertilizers and contain some essential minerals which are very useful for the soil. You can select the most convenient way of composting the pile which matches your experience as a gardener. You can dig up your lawn for about 3 feet and dump all the leaves, flowers and other waste materials that you can manage from your lawn. You can also plant a bin or create a fenced area to dump the waste materials. Just make sure you are composting the pile at a particular time which can be used the next season.
Almost all vegetative matter like leaves, plant stems, small twigs make good manure. You can also deposit vegetable peels, household garbage, and if possible can also put animal by-products such as meats, scraps and fat into the compost to make it more useful. If you are piling the compost under the soil do sprinkle some water. For the decay process, the soil provides micro organisms which eventually make the soil full of nutrients useful for the plants and the garden soil. But make sure that if you are dumping animal waste in the compost then it should not be planted inside your house. The animal waste attracts unwanted pests and vermin which can interfere with decomposition process.
Recycling your garden debris can help you to reduce the burden on the landfills and along side provide useful fertilizers for your entire garden. In that case, you can also start your own trade in garden debris. The compost not only helps to cut down on the fertilizer budget but also makes the plant healthy. The quality of your garden soil can be improved by the compost. So go ahead and start dumping your garden debris to increase the yield of your plant.