Creative Ideas for Peels Rind and Shells Compost

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Hold on to kitchen scraps the next time you prepare a meal since leftover food scraps like citrus peels and eggshells are excellent for composting. You can even use fruit, veggie, and egg scraps for fertilizing your plants without putting them in the compost bin. A banana peel contains calcium for root growth, an orange peel provides plants with nitrogen, and eggshells strengthen the plant’s cell walls. Learn ways to make peels rind and shells compost and plant fertilizers to help you feed your garden naturally.

A peels rind and shells compost heap is simple to prepare as long as you mix the peel and shell material with grass clippings, dry leaves, shredded paper, twigs, and other browns and greens. If you don’t want to compost banana peels and citrus fruit, you can always add them to the soil before planting to give plants a nutritional boost. Discover how to compost bits of citrus peel, shells, and other food scraps in the compost pile, and make DIY compost tea and homemade fertilizer for your indoor and outdoor plants.