Composting is nature's way of recycling. It is a satisfying way to turn fruit, vegetable and yard trimmings into a dark, crumbly, sweet smelling soil conditioner. Composting is fun, easy, and educational. You can get free information about how to compost yard, fruit, and vegetable trimmings at home. Residents of Riverside County, California, can get low cost composting bins at the FREE Workshops or FREE Instructions for building your own backyard compost bin. |
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Composting in Riverside County
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Welcome to Riverside County's Backyard Composting Program! This program has been developed to aid the residents of Riverside County in composting their organic material, so that we can all recycle more and discard less.
Composting harnesses the natural process of decomposition by turning organic matter (such as fruit and vegetable wastes, grass clippings, leaves, and some animal manure's) into a useful product for your landscape or garden. Composting can also improve hard, depleted soils, so that flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees can thrive in a nutrient-rich environment. Composting also improves the soil by boosting its fertility, its moisture-holding capabilities, and its texture.
Composted material is actually rather expensive to buy. But anyone with a little extra room in a garden, a little extra time, and a good source of compostable materials can produce good, high quality compost in as little as 4 weeks - absolutely free! By composting, you return the earth's nutrients back to the soil, where your plants absorb them, thereby becoming healthier. Healthy plants are far more resistant to diseases and pests. Instead of throwing away your organic waste, compost them! You will cut down your trash collection service, and you will be prolonging the life of Riverside County's rapidly depleting landfill space!
