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Did you know that leaves make great compost? Yes, I said beautiful leaves! The leaves are falling outside the window are a great source of organic matter for the production of compost.

True, the leaves are an excellent material for the production of organic fertilizer for a number of reasons:

1. As trees generally have extensive root system, leaves collected at the end when the recipient of all soil nutrients.
2. The leaves are very fibrous Improving ventilation and soil composition.

Now, I hear you say: "I tried my compost leaves, did not work. "Probably most people have had some bad experiences trying to compost leaves. Leaves several years may actually take a break when you do not compost properly. Do not worry, learn how to compost leaves is not as difficult as you might think. Let us show you the easy way to compost leaves.

The first question many people ask themselves "What kind of work best leaves for composting? As good as any typical leaf of the great works. These are some of the common leaf types:

• White Ash
• American Beech
• Balsam fir
• This Cicuta
• Red maple
• Maple Sugar
• White Oak

It is noteworthy that, if the leaves of oak or beech only the resulting compost using a bit more sour makes it very suitable for plants such as rhododendrons and blueberries. You can check the acidity by adding a little lime on the leaves as you fill your compost or compost clay.

There are two important things you do when you leave the compost to ensure that their needs are properly leaves for compost. The first is that its leaves are crushed, if you do it in your compost bin, tumbler compost or compost.

Shredding your papers is easy. You can cut on them several times before you dig. There are also a number of manufacturers that make shredder / chippers, the great work of the leaves. I even had a petrol blower vacuum system to collect the leaves, the leaves are shredded in the left was a very good condition.

The second important thing you do when you are sure to compost leaves that add nitrogen to your compost or compost pile. The leaves contain very little nitrogen. The lack of nitrogen causes the leaves to decompose slowly. The addition nitrogen for fertilizer or compost pile will accelerate the decomposition of leaves. Add nitrogen can be as simple as adding the cuttings with leaves as that fills the cup of compost or organic fertilizer.

Other nitrogen sources include manure, dried blood, alfalfa meal and bone meal. If you are using manure, manure use one hand to five leaves parties. If a natural source of nitrogen such as dried blood, use two cups of a wheelbarrow load of leaves.

Once your leaves crushed and was found to have an additional nitrogen source, just add the leaves and the nitrogen source to moisten the compost vessel, comprising or compost pile and keep the leaves but not wet and do it their way a bit. Of course, you want to keep their leaves turned in a fairly regular basis, if you have a manure or compost it.

If you want the composting process even faster and easier, a composite glass to make the best works. With a cup of compost may be your compost once a week to maintain the organic matter is mixed well, and accelerates the degradation process. With a glass of compost, you can have compost in as little as three or four weeks. Two large glass of compost for composting and compost are the Tumbleweed Tumbler Envirocycle Compost Tumbler.

Hope to see you in this time take into account the falling leaves a bit sympathetic. Take your time and dropped into the compost will result in large compost in your garden in spring. Use It to go out, rake some leaves and compost some!

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