WHAT IS ORGANIC COMPOST?
Manure can be considered the original fertilizer and an important component for those wishing to practice organic gardening. The most common sources of manure are cows, horses, sheep, pigs, goats, and poultry. By using manure you will be adding important micro and macronutrients to your soil that will be slowly released over time, improve soil aeration and water retention thereby building good soil structure and texture. Having good soil also offers supportive system for beneficial soil organisms and earthworms. Furthermore using manure means you are recycling which removes dependency on chemical fertilizers.
BENEFITS TO YOU:
- You get to keep your interiors and environment healthy and clean by avoiding chemical fertilizers and herbicides.
- You reduce your carbon footprint.
COMPOST BENEFITS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT:
- Reduces use of herbicides and chemical fertilizers.
- Prevents waste landing in landfills.
- Conserves water.
- Supports local compost markets.
SOCIAL BENEFITS:
- It reduces your carbon footprint because you help turn trash into treasure as you prevent scraps getting to the landfill.
- Reduces the social cost of health hazards waste pollution poses.
BENEFITS TO PLANTS:
- Organic compost makes the best, natural feed your plants can ever have.
- Improves garden soil structure, texture and aeration that keep your plants healthy.
- Soils that are rich in organic compost produce vigorous plants regardless of whether you’re growing vegetables or herbs or garden.
- It improves soil fertility and stimulates healthy root development in plants.
- It provides food for microorganisms, which keeps the soil in a healthy, balanced condition.
- It loosens clay soils and helps sandy soils retain water.
- It contains nutrients that plants need for optimum growth, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
- It’s an especially good supplier of micronutrients that are needed in small quantities such as boron, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc.
- It enhances the natural symbiotic relationship that plants have with soil micro-organisms, which synthetic fertilizers disrupt.
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