Composting is an easy way to build up our planet.

Meet Jerry. He's had an interesting epiphany when his life changed forever. His job at a large plant nursery took a devastating turn when he was told he had to be let go.  

He had no idea what his plan was, so he turned to YouTube. Searching how to start his own garden, he realized that the way to sustain a garden over time, he had to master the entire composting process.  

First thing first...he needed to collect materials to start.

He had saw that there were many ways to begin but he needed the method that was least expensive and nutrient-rich. The Eden method requires the repetitive laying of wood chips. As they retain moisture, the microbiological processes take place and over time and provide you with organic compost to help your gardening area.

Jerry thought about using food scraps, plant material (green and brown), paper shreddings, diluted urine, hair, etc. He simply decided to use them all in an evenly distributed pile wrapped in cattle wire. What needs to happen is using the green and brown plant materials, Jerry has to layer a 3:1 ratio of brown to green. Food scraps need to be placed throughout in between each layer. The food scraps aren't completely necessary because once the proper amount of water is added to the whole mixture, that is when microorganisms take over the breakdown process. If his compost bin exposed 2-4 inches into the ground, he'll hopefully gain the help of worms from the earth to speed up the process. Jerry even considered harvesting worms for multiple bins.

In a matter of a month or two, his compost should be waiting to be dug out of the bottom of the pile. Jerry saw the process play out in slow motion and he noticed that there were too many bugs and weird smells. Not having enough brown material is normally the culprit and possibly need to be flipped and tossed. It needs airflow for the beneficial bacteria to run the proper course. Otherwise, without oxygen, there will be a lot of destructive organisms, as well as the bugs, and disease. So Jerry should be scheduling some sort of compost flipping time.  

Now that he has some deep brownish black soil , full of nutrients, he can start injecting the Earth with food and construct the soil for his first garden bed.