Composting Green Cone Composting Food scraps contain valuable nutrients that can be used to improve garden soils. Waste fruit and vegetables, peelings, coffee grounds, egg shells, bakery products, and many other leftovers can be safely composted using proper methods. These food scraps contain valuable nutrients that can be composted to produce a rich soil additive.
Worm bins are an interesting way to compost food scraps and they are fun for kids to use.
Burying food scraps in the garden is an easy method that requires only a shovel. Burying Food Scraps Food waste can be buried in empty spots in vegetable and flower gardens. Use a shovel to make a hole at least twelve inches deep. Add three to four inches of food scraps to the bottom of the hole. Use a shovel to chop and mix the wastes into the soil to speed composting.