Easy Composting
If you want to use your kitchen scraps to benefit the soil but don't want the hassle of actually having and maintaining a compost pile or a worm composting system there is an easy way to do this.
Simply dig a hole in the ground, at least 6 - 10 inches down and drop your kitchen wastes in the hole. Then cover it back up. Over time your kitchen scraps will break down and provide nutrients for roots that grow near it.
It is advisable though, not to bury the waste right next to plants, or near the drip line of larger shrubs, bushes, and trees. As those plants grow, their roots will extend outward toward your burial spot. By that time, the food you buried will have decomposed to a degree that the plants can use the nutrients.
Using this method of burial, your kitchen waste generally decomposes within a month or so, during the warm seasons.
Worried about pests? Burying your kitchen scraps at least 6 - 10 inches down discourages pests and animals.
Simply dig a hole in the ground, at least 6 - 10 inches down and drop your kitchen wastes in the hole. Then cover it back up. Over time your kitchen scraps will break down and provide nutrients for roots that grow near it.
It is advisable though, not to bury the waste right next to plants, or near the drip line of larger shrubs, bushes, and trees. As those plants grow, their roots will extend outward toward your burial spot. By that time, the food you buried will have decomposed to a degree that the plants can use the nutrients.
Using this method of burial, your kitchen waste generally decomposes within a month or so, during the warm seasons.
Worried about pests? Burying your kitchen scraps at least 6 - 10 inches down discourages pests and animals.
My neighbor recently told me that he did this. I'll have to try it. I hate throwing away things that can be composted.
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I started doing this years ago when I first came to Florida. The soil we have here is sand. More Sand. And even more sand. Not exactly conducive to growing anything other than the weeds that Florida's virgin property is known for.
While living in an apartment, I had an 8 X 5 spot for a garden. Desperately needing to improve the sand, but not having the money for purchasing manure, I began to toss my kitchen scraps in a hole. I used the same hole for a week or two before covering it and moving on to the next one. In about a year I had some of the finest soil that little 8 X 5 plot had ever seen.
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