I'm new to all things gardening, and no one around me has a green thumb ::sigh:: so I'm basically learning from the internet about everything. All those around me who tried composting has given up, because things don't work out. After nearly a year of buying potting soil and other things, I'm realizing that the only way to be a lifelong gardener is to learn to do things on the cheap, which is best! I'm going to focus on creating good compost this year, but I did see an article on creating compost using strictly dry leaves and that it was the best, so I have a bin doing just that. Thanks for pointing out that it's not good for veggies, I'll combine those leaf shreddings with other things and use it for something. My main concern is learning to keep all my plants alive!rainbowgardener wrote: I don't know why you wouldn't want to actually compost. What else are you going to do with all your pulled weeds, food scraps, plant trimmings? Why would you want to put them into the waste stream when they are nitrogen rich and valuable for your garden?
We just went through a tropical storm, and for the first time I had to move plants to protected places. I'm thinking of buying an inexpensive greenhouse for those, but this is the first time I had to think about how to protect my potted plants from weather. So I'm going to add 'creating an area for composting' to my list of projects for the year