Compost also improves your soil and the plants growing in it. If you have a garden , a lawn, trees, shrubs or even planter boxes. By using compost you return organic matter to the soil in a useable form. Organic matter in the soil improves plant growth by helping break heavy clay soils into a better texture, by adding water and nutrient-holding capacity to sandy soils and by adding essential nutrients to any soil. Improving your soil is the first step toward improving the health of your plants.
Healthy plants help clean our air and conserve our soil.
Anything that was once alive can be composted. Yard wastes, such as fallen leaves, grass clippings, weeds and the remains of garden plants, make excellent compost. Woody yard wastes can be clipped and sawed to a size useful for the wood stove or fireplace, or they can be run through a shredder for mulching and pathmaking. Used as a mulch or for paths, they will eventually decompose and become compost. Care must be taken when composting kitchen scraps.