# How to Compost Ginger Peels
Composting is a great way to reduce your waste output and provide nutrient-rich soil for your lawn and for plants in your garden. Ginger peels, like any other organic matter, will eventually break down, and they can be a great addition to your compost pile. All compost piles need four things: carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and water, and your ginger peels are a great source of nitrogen to help create this home-grown fertilizer.
Things You'll Need
- Ginger peels (and other "green" material)
- "Brown" composting material
- Active compost pile
- Water (if pile is dry)
- Shovel
Instructions
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Composting With Ginger Peels
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Set aside your ginger peels until you are ready to use them.
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Add your ginger peels to the compost pile, along with other "green," nitrogen-rich materials such as grass clippings, coffee grounds and vegetable scraps.
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Make sure the pile has a source of carbon, such as dead leaves or twigs. These "brown" materials should make up a large bulk of the pile.
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Add water to the pile if it seems to be drying out. A compost pile should be moist, but not sopping wet.
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Turn the pile to add oxygen to your compost and aid the organisms that break down the waste into compost. If your pile is large and you are adding fresh materials weekly, the pile should be turned more frequently, as often as every other day.
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