Compost

I feel that compost is the most important ingredient for a successful garden. In nature, plants drop their seeds, die, and rot. A new plant of a new generation grows the next year in the decaying remains of it's parent. Using good gardening practices to avoid diseases and pests, we clean up the plant residue each year and eat the fruit of our harvest. Using compost is a natural way to put back into the soil each year all that we take out. Compost offers many benefits.

Adding Texture to Soil

By adding compost you increase the texture of the soil, and allow it to retain oxgyen.

Better Moisture retention

Soil high in organic matter retains water way better.

Worms

Worms love organic matter. They burrow little hole through the soil allowing oxygen to get to the soil. And as a bonus they leave their dropping all over which are excellent fertilizer.

Fertilizer

Compost is high in the essential nutrients that plant need. It only make sense, considering that compost is broken down plants.

In the future I hope to add What to use, and How to make compost.