Most gardeners and landscapers will agree almost un mously  t the single b thing you can do  y lawn is to add compost. Good, orgc compost can remedy almost any problem you have with y soil. If you soil is too acidic, adding compost will help neutralize it and bring it back to a proper pH level. If y soil is too alkaline, ditto! Adding compost will help balance the alkalinity in the soil. If you live in an area with a lot of heavy clay, adding compost will help loosen and aerate the soil. If you live in a coastal or southern area with a lot of sand, adding compost will help bind it together. Soil lacking nutrients? Add compost to add new life to overworked soil.
So how do you make compost? It's easier n you can imagine and cheaper n anything else you will do. How cheap? How about free! All composting is, is the natural decomposition of orgc matter. Walk through a dense and take a deep handful of soil from under y feet. Notice how black and rich it is. It didn't get t way from fertilizers or manure. It got t way from all the decomposing orgc matter. A takes care of itself by recycling. It recycles every leaf, branch, berry, and bush. It does this quite simply. All the orgc and living matter in the decomposes into compost which feeds the existing plants (and some mals!).
In the , when leaves fall from the trees, they all gather on the floor. In storms, branches may fall, as well as entire trees. This creates layers of orgc matter on the floor. Eventually it rains adding fuel to the mixture. The rain aids the microbes t begin to eat the orgc matter, eventually turning it into the rich, thick carpet you see on the floor. This compost feeds the living trees and other plants providing nutrients t rival the b fertilizers.
You can emulate the by creating y own compost. Avoid store bought compost, especially those made from manure. There's nothing natural about spreading rotted and decomposed cow feces on y lawn or garden. It's actually pretty gross! Especially considering the number of chemicals and steroids t are given to cattle and cows in the United States. If you must purchase or acquire compost from somewhere else, call y local mu ipal office. Many muipalities have their own composting facilities and they give away the compost to their  idents free! In township, example, all the leaves t are gathered in the fall from the local streets, are mulched up and composted in a huge field. In a year or two, once the leaves have thoroughly composted, we are permitted to haul away as much compost as we like! The only catch is t we must load it selves, but this is a small price to pay free, orgc mulch.
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