MamasHealth.com Home Earth-friendly products Banana paper Compost CowPots Eco-Consious milk Earth vegan shoes Fair trade coffee Fluorescent Bulbs GreenDimes.com GreenPhone Grounds for your garden Recycle your cell phone Recycled gifts ReUSE a shoe Second rotation Tealight holder Thermafleece Vulcana purse Energy Saving tips Email Mama Air conditioner tips Cold water loads Fireplace tips Get a furnace tune-up Insulate your home Maintain duct system Microwave it Plug up the holes Seal air leaks Use a compact bulb Use a ceiling fan Use a space heater Use your shades Water heater tips Windows: winter-proof Tips to save the earth Tell us about an earth-friendly product	Cool Stuff that Mama Loves Compost Compost builds disease resistance in all kinds of plants! Compost rewards you with bigger yields and better quality vegetables and beautiful flowers! As a mulch, compost virtually "smothers" annoying weeds, retains moisture in your growing plants, and stabilizes soil temperature to ensure steady, healthy growth. Builds humus--living, actively decaying organic matter in your soil--that improves soil structure, texture, fertility, drainage and aeration. Makes hard clay soil more airy, so it drains better and moderates the soil temperature. The organic matter provided in compost provides food for microorganisms, which keeps the soil in a healthy, balanced condition. Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus will be produced naturally by the feeding of microorganisms, so few if any soil amendments will need to be added.   Compost Bins A compost bin is a container used to make compost. Some of the advantages of using a compost bin as opposed to creating loose piles include the ease of turning the pile to allow for aeration and bacterial activity, keeping rodents and other pests out of your compost pile, and a containment of foul odors that can result from composting.	Advertise on MamasHealth.com Your product featured on MamasHealth.com
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