composting

Composting is an easy and natural way to recycle organic waste while enriching the soil. Here are the best materials to add to compost from the kitchen and garden:

🍏 From the Kitchen:

✔️ Fruit & vegetable peels and scraps

✔️ Coffee grounds & tea bags

✔️ Eggshells

✔️ Unprinted paper & cardboard

🌿 From the Garden:

✔️ Dead and green leaves

✔️ Grass clippings

✔️ Weeds (before seeding)

✔️ Plant roots with soil

✔️ Sawdust & wood chips

Composting reduces waste and creates rich, nutrient-dense soil for a thriving garden. 🌾💚

A simple homemade spray to keep garden pests away 🌿

1. Garlic Spray:

- Finely chop 5 cloves of garlic and let them soak in half a liter of water for 12 hours.

- Add two teaspoons of dish soap.

- Strain the solution and dilute it with another liter of water.

- Fill a spray bottle and spray the mixture on your plants.

2. Citrus Infusion:

- Grate the peel of a lemon or orange into half a liter of boiling water.

- Let it sit for 24 hours, then strain the infusion.

- Pour into a bottle and spray directly onto the leaves to eliminate insects.

3. Vegetable Oil Insecticide:

- Mix one cup of vegetable oil with 1/4 cup of dish soap until you get a smooth mixture.

- Dilute one teaspoon of this solution in approximately one liter of water.

- Use the resulting spray as an insect repellent.

These methods are effective and environmentally friendly, ideal for protecting your plants without resorting to chemical pesticides.