Compost can be easy to make and offers many benefits, from helping your garden grow greener to reducing the amount of material in your curbside roll cart, to reducing the need to purchase soil/amendments, fertilizers and pesticides.
The basic ingredients for compost are "browns," "greens," air and water. "Browns" like leaves and woody material are high in carbon - an essential ingredient for microorganisms in compost. "Greens" like grass clippings, fruit and vegetable scraps are high in nitrogen - an essential ingredient for microorganism that act as "decomposers."
Check out these useful step-by-step guides and resources offered by the OSU Extension Service.
Earth Machine
Lane County partners with
BRING to ensure that Earth Machine composters are available year-round.
Worm Bin
Worm castings are known to be an extremely valuable plant food. While worms will do their thing inside any old tub or drawer,
The Wormcycler makes harvesting the castings so much easier. Select the purchase option without worms and contact local yard and garden stores for worms.
