So plan now to add a compost bin to your garden, because this weekend Seattle Public Utilities is holding its largest-ever compost bin sale. These are designed to keep out rodents.
Compost benefits our gardens in many ways.
Dug into the soil, it lightens heavy clay and adds water-retaining ability to sand. Used as a mulch, it can keep down weeds and helps retain moisture in the soil. Either way it adds nutrients, because even as a mulch, it is taken down into the soil by helpful worms. Passive composting may take longer, but it still happens. The sale will be held at two sites on Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.