Kid's Stuff

Thank you to all the wonderfully creative kids around Australia who entered our competition to promote International Composting Awareness Week in May. Check out the winners here.

Making compost is the perfect way to recycle organic garden and kitchen waste into a highly nutritious soil conditioner – and it’s so easy to do!

Compost is made when all the little living creatures in the ground called micro-organisms feed on organic matter - any plant, animal tissue or residues are organic matter - and break it down into smaller and smaller pieces. When the waste is fully broken down, often reffered to as decomposed, it forms humus - or compost – a dark, soil-like material with a pleasant earthy smell.

To make rich compost it will take around 6-8 weeks if the perfect environment is maintained. This means providing the air, water and food that micro-organisms need to rapidly multiply and quickly break down organic waste.

Remember 50% kitchen scraps to 50% garden waste and aerate your compost at least twice a week with an Aerator or Compost Mate.