Gardening Project

Composting Page

Compost creates excellent soil for your garden and can help you grow a great pumkin next year. If you are interested in composting, we will have several composting workshops in coming months. We also have "Compost Doctors" who will help you understand how easy it is to keep your compost healthy. Worm composting is getting more and more popular. It can be done very neatly and is a great solution for offices and people who don't have a space for an outdoor composting bin. A good solution for winter too! email us to get on the list for our composting workshop to get started!

How to Compost

If you want to learn more, we have a list of neighbors who compost and can offer advice or moral support. Let us know if you want to call them and ask them about it.

More Resources:

University of Illinois Extention Websites

 

Water's Garden has a compost bin you can use.

Rules: only vegetable and yard waste. Please don't put anything else in the bin or it might ruin everything. Chop your stuff to 1 inch or so. Then always cover it with some leaves or other material so it won't attract flies or look ugly.