Get into recycling mode and introduce children to the natural cycle of growth and decay. Making compost will clarify the link between plant growth and healthy soil. It should encourage them to become recyclers - and help reduce waste in landfill sites!
Begin in spring to have compost by autumn. Compost can be made all year round.
1 Help your children to set up the compost bin or site, ensuring the bin is placed on earth and not concrete.
2 Fill the bin with dead leaves, green waste from the garden, old plants you've pulled out, the contents of their pet hamster, gerbil or bird cage when they clean it out, fruit and vegetable peelings from the kitchen - even eggshells!
3 Next, sprinkle in some soil.
4 Cover the bin with an old piece of carpet or a doormat to keep the heat in and leave it alone until you have some more waste to put inside.
5 After three or four months remove the cover and help your child to dig the compost over. Leave it to rot down further.
6 When the bottom of the compost is brown and crumbly, it is ready. They can dig it into the garden - your plants will be really pleased!
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