A Guide to Vegetable Gardens - page 21

Don’t forget
• Keep your compost heap moist.
• Turn the heap once a fortnight to make sure
everything decomposes at the same speed.
• It takes 90 days to several months to
make organic compost, depending on
the temperature and humidity.
Organic compost should be dark
brown, with a soft, crumbly texture
and pleasant earthy smell.
3.3 How to make compost
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