If you have a backyard garden, be sure to give it plenty of sunshine, water, and garbage.


Wait… garbage?  Yes, you read that right.


Garbage like rotting food and coffee grounds, made into compost, can be highly beneficial to garden plants.  Why? It all has to do with nitrogen.


Plants need nitrogen in order to survive.  There is plenty of nitrogen in the atmosphere; the problem is that plants can’t use it in the form found in the atmosphere.  For this, bacteria are needed.  Bacteria “fix” nitrogen, meaning that they change it into a usable form.


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Keep your compost heap moist, but not soggy and turn it with a pitchfork or spade to add air into the mix.  Once your compost bin is going strong, you can add it to your garden for improved plant growth!


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9 Responses to “Turning Compost into Gold”

  1. Aurora Lipper says:

    There is no video for this lesson. Everything you need is provided in the article.

  2. antara3693 says:

    no video?

  3. To load the page? Or do the experiment? Or…?

  4. gulnora12 says:

    Also it takes a LONG TIME

  5. gulnora12 says:

    As soon as I saw the word *gold* I tapped the link XD

  6. debbie_kim says:

    Okay, now 5hats what you call cool

  7. debbie_kim says:

    Yeah!

  8. It’s not real gold, it’s a look-alike called “brass” which is made by fusing together the zinc and copper layers.

  9. estriumphant1 says:

    i am reading this over and over again …………
    but i dont get it
    how does it turn to gold?????????