How to Make Compost in an Apartment: A Method That Will Definitely Come in Handy for Avid Summer Residents

04.01.2023 10:26

If you want to get a harvest that all your neighbors will envy, you will have to work hard even during the winter months.

According to the expert of the online publication Belnovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , the contents of the trash can can serve as an excellent basis for compost, which can be prepared, including in an apartment.

Today we will tell you how to make compost in a regular glass jar.

To do this, you will need to fill the container with layers consisting of waste, pressed sawdust and EM preparations.

After this, close the jar with a lid, in which you should first make holes, or with a regular cloth.

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The advantage of this method is that thanks to the sawdust, which, by the way, can be the same wood shavings that are intended for a cat litter box, you will not encounter the problem of an unpleasant smell.

However, compost in a jar also has a downside - the amount that will be obtained in the end will be small.

What kind of waste can be used to make compost in an apartment? In short, any plant waste will do for this purpose – fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and tea leaves, etc.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor