How to Make a Compost Heap

This is from a wartime leaflet I found tucked into a second-hand gardening book I bought:

HOW TO MAKE A COMPOST HEAP
From 'Manure from Garden Rubbish' - Dig for Victory Leaflet
By means of a compost heap, demanding neither much time nor labour, and little or no expense, all the vegetable waste of the garden can be turned into valuable manure. Leaves, grass cuttings, sods, lawn mowings, pea or bean or potato haulms, outer leaves or tops of vegetables, hedge clippings, weeds and faded flowers; in short, any plant refuse, green or otherwise, can be used for manurial purposes. Such a conversion of waste to good use, if widely adopted, can make a considerable contribution to the national effort for increased food production.

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