Composting

Composting can be so easy.  It takes minimal effort, cost, and expertise to be successful. It is great for the environment because it reduces greenhouse gasses at landfill centers while providing a great soil amendment for your garden.

Easy Composting

Throw your grass clippings, leaves, herbaceous weeds, food scraps (do not include meat scraps, bones, basically anything that would attract rodents) in a pile and forget about it!

If you want to get fancy, you could build a box. I like the box to have good air circulation and be easily moveable because after a bit of time you can lift the box and easily access  the great soil.  Try to keep a balance of carbon and nitrogen. Think of carbon to be brown and nitrogen to be green.  Generally, you want more carbon than nitrogen, but you can't really go too wrong.  In summer droughts, throw in some water to speed up the process. 

You can also buy a fancy composting box.  I've never had one, but some folks love it.  

My friends in India have a large pot on their balcony for composting.  It is so hot there that it composts quickly!