The secret to our healthy garden plants at All Hallows Community Garden is our community compost full of diversity and life. We have three rotating compost bins in the garden where community members are welcome to add their food scraps. Once decomposed this creates our garden soil (humus - organic matter). The diversity of food scraps adds to the diversity of nutrients that we make available to our garden plants. This morning I emptied one of the compost bins that was full of rich humus created from decomposed food scraps, leaves and other green waste onto our garden. This dark rich, earthy smelling humus was teaming with worms - it was very energising to see that we are supporting and enhancing the life of creatures in our garden through the practice of composting - while minimising waste that goes to landfill.
