compost<\/a> your soil by using produce scraps (the ones you aren\u2019t going to plant, of course). The best way to avoid trashing your produce scraps is to keep a sealed container next to the area where you prep meals. Put banana peels, citrus rinds, apple cores, herbal tea bags, onion skins, or melon rinds, among other items, in the container until it gets full. Make sure you have a good lid because it will start to smell. Using a spade or shovel, dig a hole or multiple holes in the soil, and dump the scraps in. Chop the scraps up with your spade or shovel, cover them with dirt, and let the composting begin. Do this to the entire area where you are going to plant your garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen you put these produce scraps under the soil to compost, worms journey to their new food. Having worms in your soil means that it is healthy<\/strong>. Earthworms are like free farm help because they turn the soil, meaning they bring down organic matter from the top and combine it with the soil underneath. They essentially eat your produce scraps, which you buried, and transform them into valuable fertilizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStart growing your produce scraps in water, just like the video indicates, at the same time you begin composting your soil. Your soil will be healthy and ready for planting in about a week, which is the time your scraps need to spend in water in the window sill. By following the steps in the video, you\u2019ll be able to start a garden from your kitchen scraps. Let us know if you have any other produce items that you\u2019ve grown from kitchen scraps.<\/p>\n
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