Sustainable Living
Composting & Soil Building
Turn kitchen scraps, manure, and yard waste into black gold.
Florida's sandy soil is hungry. Composting at home builds fertility, cuts trash hauls, and feeds your garden for free. Hot composting kills weed seeds in 4–6 weeks; cold piles work in 6–12 months with zero effort.
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Hot piles, worm bins, and how to compost in the Florida heat without smell or pests.
What to Compost
Greens (nitrogen): kitchen scraps, fresh grass, herbivore manure, coffee grounds. Browns (carbon): dry leaves, cardboard, straw, wood chips. Aim for 3 parts browns to 1 part greens.
What to Skip
Meat, dairy, oils, dog/cat waste, glossy paper, diseased plants, and anything sprayed with herbicide (persistent herbicides will kill your garden).
Manure Aging
Cow, horse, goat, chicken manure: compost 90–120 days before applying to food crops. Rabbit and well-aged horse can be used cold.
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