49. Compost w/ Costa Georgiadis

According to OzHarvest, here in Australia, we place over five million tonnes of food in landfill each and every year. This is as though one in five shopping bags that we bring home from supermarkets ends up in the bin - and 35% of the average household bin is food waste. And this doesn’t need to be the way.
We all know that composting our food scraps is far better than throwing it into the bin, which makes it bound for landfill. But often we just don’t know where to start when it comes to setting up our own composts at home, or we’re put off by the idea of decomposing scraps in our kitchens and backyards. So, what shall we do about compost?
Thankfully, host of Gardening Australia and all-round legend Costa Georgiadis has stepped up to the plate to show us that composting is not only easy to do, but it’s extremely beneficial to both us, and the world around us.
Costa can be seen on Gardening Australia, Fridays from 7:30pm on ABC TV, or anytime on iView. Costa is also on Twitter @CostasGarden and on Instragram @CostasWorld.
Here are some articles shared by Costa to help you take the next step in your composting at home:
Information on growing and composting in containers: Resourceful Renters
Story: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/2020-series-31-episode-11/12158524
Factsheet: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/resourceful-renters/12155080
Trench Composting; Burying scraps straight into the ground as a compost option
Story and Factsheet : https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/trench-composting/9438032
Story and Factsheet with Tino: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/compost-trench/10213610
Re-purposing and Old Bathtub into a Worm Farm
https://www.facebook.com/ABCTV/videos/1608895892466383
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/worms-on-the-verge/9440978
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