Soil needs nutrients and this is one reason why compost is so good for your soil. It provides good bacteria for beneficial insects and is an excellent soil amendment. Green manure Compost consists of organic matter- plant material such as grass clippings, dead leaves, food scraps (no meat or grease) peelings and cores. These are known as ‘green manure’. We’ll get to the other manure in a minute. Add some shredded newspaper and cardboard. That is pretty much your compost ingredient list. Next, we’ll start the decompostion into compost by adding a little water; just enough to moisten not soak. Also known as ‘black gold‘, compost provides rich nutrients that…