Did you know you could reuse most of your food scraps to produce things you usually buy ready-made? It sounds too good, does not it? I will show you some tricks I have learned in the last few years.
Do you have plants? Either flowers, succulents or veggies, you can get
some of their favorite soil free, using food scraps. Does any food serve this
purpose? The answer is NO. Only vegetable scraps. Animal and byproducts from
animal origin are not used and you must discard them separately.
As a rule, everything from vegetable origin can go into the compost
pile. You can arrange it in your backyard by making a hole and putting all
scraps there or you may use bricks or wooden boxes to contain the scraps. Even
if you live in a flat, you may use a wooden or plastic box (they are selling
plastic containers, which are far more elaborated). In case you use a plastic
recipient, it must have some holes at the bottom to let the liquid get out. If
not, the compost will smell terribly and will go bad. You can collect the
liquid and use it as a fertilizer. After about three-four months, the food
scraps have turned into compost, a soil-like matter. How does this happen? By
the action of microorganisms. These little beings decompose the food scraps and
turn them into the nutritious soil you buy in garden centers. You will save
money and resources, recycle the waste you produce, enrich your soil and have
beautiful and healthy plants.
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