Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables: Composting terms Greens and Browns.

Saturday 14 January 2012

Composting terms Greens and Browns.

When making compost the things you are adding to the heap are often described to as greens or browns.

When composting -

Greens are the materials that are rich in nitrogen.

Browns are the carbon rich ones.

So greens would include grass cuttings.

Fruit and
vegetables peel and scraps.

Used coffee grounds and tea bags.

Cut flowers.

Plant waste from the garden as long as it is not diseased.

The Browns would include straw, ripped up cardboard, paper bags and paper.

I have to thank my wonderful husband for all the time and effort he put into helping me get the allotment 'in order'. As on my own it had been impossible to lay paths and clear some of the deep rooted brambles that we had on the plot.

Eventually with his help, we got to the stage where it had paths and looked like a real allotment. Together we created a place that was a timeless place, an escape from the modern world.

Thank you, for all your time and hard work and also for sharing my enthusiasm for digging up the first new potatoes of the year.

Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Saturday 14 January 2012

Composting terms Greens and Browns.

When making compost the things you are adding to the heap are often described to as greens or browns.

When composting -

a healthy potato plant in flower

home grown carrots.. grown from seed

Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful