Why compost?

Why compost?

There are plenty of very good reasons for
gardeners to make compost, but above all, it
spares the environment the damage caused by
burying or burning waste, reduces the need to
destroy natural habitats by

What is compost?

When animals and plants die, they decompose
surprisingly quickly. The body of an adult
human, if exposed to the elements, is reduced
to a mere skeleton in about three weeks.
The bones last longer, but not a great deal.
Shakespeare was right when his gravedigger
in Hamlet (Act V, Scene I) estimated there
was not much left of a cadaver after