How to use your Home Composter?
When your compost is ready it should be brown and crumbly. There may be some small pieces of twigs or eggshells left but the worms in the soil will decompose these. You can use your compost in a number of different ways:
* In early spring or late autumn you can dig it into the soil to improve the soil structure.
* Compost can be spread over soil as mulch to prevent weeds and to release nutrients into the soil. Sprinkle it on soil when it is warm and wet for maximum effect!
* Compost can be used in potting, but the compost must be put through a sieve to allow the fine soil to be separated from the coarse soil, you can then mix the compost with equal amounts of garden soil and sand for the perfect potting compost.
* To make rich liquid food for hanging baskets and houseplants, half fill a bucket with compost,fill the bucket up with water, stir well and leave it to settle. The compost will dissolve in the water leaving a nutrient-rich food for your plants.
* If you have too much compost you can store it in bags until you need it.
* Compost can be used when planting trees or shrubs by mixing a bucketful of compost with the soil at the bottom of the planting hole.
* Apply compost to the base of trees and plants; this reduces water requirements and protects the plants from freezing.
* Add it to clay soil to make it lighter to work and to give it better aeration. Add it to sandy soil to hold the particles together keeping in essential moisture.
