leaf compost on the cheap

bfast- carrots, quesadilla,coffee

banana

lunch- tortilla w butter and cheese, water

dinner- leftover $5 pizza, cut up cukes and trashcan maters water

Forget raking up your leaves. A lawnmower fitted with a bag quickly sucks up leaves off the lawn, chops them up into small pieces that decompose fast and mixes them with grass clippings, which also aid the decomposition process.

Step2

Take a large, heavy-duty black plasticcontractor bag and poke several holes into it with a knife. Dump the leaves out of your mower bag and into the black plastic bag. Fill the plastic bag ¾ of the way full. Add a shovel full of garden soil (or finished compost if you have it).

Step3

The leaves and grass clippings will decompose best if they are slightly damp (they should feel like a wrung-out sponge). Check the leaves' moisture level and then add water to the bag (if needed). Give the leaves a good shake and then check the moisture level again. Continue to add water until the leaves reach the correct moisture level.

Step4

Loosely tie the top of the bag and stick it in a spot in your yard that is convenient, but out of sight. Every couple of weeks pick up the bag and give it a good shake. After about 6 months, open up the bag and check on the leaf compost. If it is dark, crumbly and you can’t see any leaf particles, it’s finished. If you can still identify leaves, tie the bag up again, give it a good shake and wait a few more months.