Where referenced, see the extension bulletin covered. Make a compost of leases, grass clippings and even garbage instead of burning or dumping them in the land fill. Compost can be used to enrich the soil for vegetable or flower gardens, house plants, top dressing the lawn, and even producing earthworms. It is also an excellent mulch for flower beds, trees and shrubs. The use of compost will thus add life and beauty to our environment.
Some school teachers build small units for making compost for classroom demonstration.
Others make sufficient compost for use on the school's shrubbery, trees and lawns. Community compost piles have been built for use by a neighborhood. Pile A fence is desirable to keep the pile inbounds. It can be built of cement blocks, logs, boards or wire fence. A hole can be dug in the ground for the compost pile.