The Perfect Compost Recipe

Four ingredients for good compost, they are: Green -Browns -Air and Moisture. These four need to be balanced correctly for best results.  The components you add to a compose tea are carbon and nitrogen. The ratio of carbon and nitrogen is rather we label it a green or a brown.

• Ingredients which have a high nitrogen content are called "greens"
  
  • grass clippings
  • fruit - vegetables
  • weeds and plants
    
    
• Ingredients which have a higher carbon content are called "browns"
  • woody materials
  • straw and sawdust
  • cardboard - paper

Do not compost meats nor evergreens as the pine resin in evergreens can inhibit seed growth. When mixing compost, add 2 to 3 times as much of brown materials than greens.