
By John Coldebella
I WAS surprised to learn from Dr Google that the word compost has its origins in the Latin words composita, compositum and componere which mean something put together.
It makes sense when I consider that many different kinds of vegetable matter can be combined to produce this source of soil enrichment, but up until now, I regarded it as something broken down by decay, or decomposition
There are various commercially available bins to contain this process, some freestanding and others suspended for easy rotation and mixing. I have a freestanding compost bin but I find it a tedious process to effectively turn the contents. So I tend to fill it, top it up and then leave it for up to a year.
I WAS surprised to learn from Dr Google that the word compost has its origins in the Latin words composita, compositum and componere which mean something put together.
It makes sense when I consider that many different kinds of vegetable matter can be combined to produce this source of soil enrichment, but up until now, I regarded it as something broken down by decay, or decomposition
There are various commercially available bins to contain this process, some freestanding and others suspended for easy rotation and mixing. I have a freestanding compost bin but I find it a tedious process to effectively turn the contents. So I tend to fill it, top it up and then leave it for up to a year.