Being a gardener in the mountains is SO easy.  Everything we need is right here.

 

We just put our kitchen scraps in the compost bin, then add some leaves on top, and in a year or so we have soil for the garden.  

 

We have several bins.  One is for kitchen scraps, green matter, which adds nitrogen.  Next to that we have several bins full of dry leaves, brown matter, which adds carbon.  So every time we add something green to the compost bin, we put in a handful of leaves.  

 

There are just a few no-nos:  no meat or dairy, but everything else from the kitchen is fair game.  We recycle chicken bones, vegetable scraps, lemon rinds, avocado pits, eggshells, coffee grounds, teabags.  The list goes on and on.  You can even compost cotton, wool, and paper.  In time, it all breaks down and becomes soil for the garden.  This year we even made compost tea to water our plants.

 

This is a great time of year to start composting.  Instead of burning or throwing away all those leaves, put them to work making new soil.

 

I love knowing this cycle of life, how soil is made.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!