Using compost is an excellent way to help the lawns and plants in your garden. It’s so rich in nutrients, working to nourish the soil and make it more fertile. This in turn helps to make everything you grow more healthy. Many avid gardeners consider a good quality compost to be an essential tool for them.
Using compost as a mulch will help to make plants, shrubbery and tress more healthy. This is also one of the easiest ways to use compost, as all you will need to do is spread it around on your garden. Use around 2-3 inches of compost to get the optimum results. You should only need to repeat this process a few times each year in order to have a beautiful garden.
You can also use compost to give you a helping hand when you’re planting. Mix a little bit of compost with your planting soil and you will be good to go. Dig a hole that is between 2 and 4 inches deep depending on what you are planting, add the soil and compost, then you’re ready to plant. This will help to keep the new additions to your garden healthy and happy.
If you don’t want to use the solid composted material, you can also use compost in a liquid form. Depending on how you make your compost, it may be quite rich in liquid already. If not, just put some compost into a bucket of water and leave it there for two or three days. You can then pour this over any area of your garden.
It’s also possible to use compost specifically to enrich your lawn by applying it as a top dressing. Add a layer that is around 1-3 inches deep across your lawn, rake it in and then water it. The compost will blend with the soil as the grass grows over it. This will help to give you a beautiful lawn with good drainage that stays green and healthy all year round. If you want to reduce the appearance of the compost more quickly, continue to rake your garden more often.
Compost is such a good all-round product for your plants and lawn. This is because it contains nutrients like nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus as well as many other smaller nutrients. Many gardeners choose to make their own compost and if you decide to try your hand at it, you’ll find that it’s actually incredibly easy. Here are some tips from the Royal Horticultural Society:
Our Soil Scientist, Dr Gracie Barrett, has 5 steps to compost success – remember the 5 M’s! https://t.co/DNNEfnWItr pic.twitter.com/QIri8rEkN8
— The RHS (@The_RHS) July 17, 2016
It may take a little bit of practice, and the process of making compost can take quite a long time, but it will be so worth it for you and your garden.