Organic gardening compost is easy to make and requires nothing in the way of special equipment or high-tech knowledge.While a compost bin is useful, it is not essential and any small clean unpolluted patch of land will serve the purpose.All that is need is that the organic gardening compost pile should be in contact with soil so that soil organisms can mix with it (essential for the creation of good compost) but if the if the pile is on some kind of platform, mixing a small amount of soil into the pile at regular intervals will suffice.If there is enough space available, it is best to have 2 or 3 compost piles in different stages of development as this will ensure that adequate amounts of compost are always available as needed.

Organic gardening compost is made up of two main components – materials that have a high carbon content and materials that are rich in nitrogen.The carbon and nitrogen material should be mixed in equal proportion to produce the best results.Among the common high nitrogen bearing materials that are commonly used in organic gardening compost are food scraps and leftovers, manure, grass, and cotton and soya meal.High carbon content may be found in straw, hay, leaves and other dry bulky plant material.

Keep in mind that in the case of top soil, about half of the total volume is made up of water and air – organic gardening compost should duplicate this.Grinding up the materials you add to the compost pile in small – but not too fine – particles is the best way to keep the compost from becoming to dense and maintaining the consistency that allows it to mix easily into the soil.In case grinding the materials going into the compost is not possible, do not let it worry you – the final product will still be usable.Ensure that the compost remains moist but not so wet that you can squeeze water out of it.

It is best to leave the compost pile alone while the decay and fermenting are happening, except of, course for maintaining the dampness.Do not let the heat that emanates from the compost pile worry you – temperatures in the pile can easily reach 150 plus degrees F and this is normal.Many books on organic gardening recommend turning over the compost pile at regular intervals to ensure uniform mixing of the components but by and large this is not required and it can even slow down the composting process.Compost is a natural substance and forms naturally so once the process starts, it is best to leave the pile alone to decay and ferment.