How to make a compost pit

Compost is the cheapest and the most useful fertilizer for the infield. Composting is an accelerated decomposition process of organic waste, which produces the necessary temperature and moisture for active growth of bacteria. They recycle waste, turning it into valuable fertilizer for flowers, vegetables, berries, etc. However, compost pit in the country is needed not only for "cooking" fertilizer: this garden building is located a variety of insects that the spreading of the compost on the plot are killed along with their larvae.

You will need

• - shovel,
• - rake,
• cover
• - organic waste for composting,
• - soapy water,
• -sheets,
• rusty metal objects.

Instruction

1. A place for the compost pit should be selected on smooth and wetlands. You want the hole does not stagnate water: high humidity prevents the access of oxygen. Waste, of course, it is better to "stack" in the farthest corner of the garden, however, that the compost pit is necessary quick, convenient access. It is desirable to lay out to the pit a smooth track to make compost as buckets and a wheelbarrow.
2. To create compost you need to dig a hole the size meter on meter and a depth of 20-25 cm is Recommended to cover the pit cover which will prevent drying, no unpleasant smell, and hauling debris birds and animals. For ease of use, the cover can be done Luke.
3. At the bottom of the compost pit should be laid with a thick layer of fallen leaves, which can immediately mix with food debris. All this should pour a layer of soil, which should cover with another layer of leaves. Then again, you must fill the earth, with the addition of rusty iron objects (iron is good for plants).
4. For further composting suitable organic waste from the kitchen and the beds (clean, bones, weeds, rotten fruit, etc.), as well as fly ash, sand, peat, bark, branches, even algae and silt. To increase content in the compost the phosphorus compounds, which like plants, need from time to time to pour in the pit of soapy water. The faster compost is "Mature", if it periodically to mix oxygen when loosening begins to do the activity, and the decomposition of waste is accelerated.