What Are The 4 Necessary Ingredients for Organic Compost?

To produce a successfully nutrient rich organic compost pile, you will need 4 ingredients. These 4 are classified as greens, browns, water and oxygen. With the current move to be green minded in all areas of our lives, organic composting is a natural step in that direction.
Since it has been actively going on since the beginning of nature with its laws, there must be value in it today for us. Recycling of what we consider waste is now more than ever starting to make us look for alternatives. There have always been the avid organic farmers and gardeners, but in our generational period today, we have witnessed it to be a fad that comes and goes, and the lie that it is only practiced by hippie, gypsy, all natural, back the earth type folks. It has progressed from being a fad to an environmental move as a respectable thing to do and now being practiced by people from every aspect of life. Apartment dwellers, condos and townhouse renters and owners are finding the ways easy to do even without a plot of land. So if you are planning on organic composting, you will need these 4 ingredients:
The greens: the nitrogen rich substances such as fresh grass clippings, fresh leaves and twigs, vegetable and fruit trimmings, coffee grounds and filters, kitchen food scraps, as well as manure from non meat eating creatures. Organic material that retains some of its moisture in it is considered green material.
The browns: the carbon rich materials which are the dry substances that have already released their nitrogen. Dry leaves and grass, straw, wood chips, and corn stalks are all carbon rich.
Water - the pile needs water for the correct moisture level. The proper moisture should be about the same as a damp rag. A few drops should fall when you squeeze a handful of the compost.
Air - All the organisms and micro-organisms, bacteria, fungi, and insects that are working in the pile to breakdown the organic material, need oxygen to breathe and air space in which to move throughout the pile.
The proper ratio and mixture will be dependant upon what materials will be available to you in what quantities. The best way is too just start composting. Learn as you go and you will gain the experience needed to be able to determine quality organic compost.
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