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26 Frame the question

pit A curious mind is full of questions. Do you look at things around you and ask

questions? It is good to be curious and ask questions.
Composting is nature’s way of recycling. It makes the soil rich by breaking

down wet wastes and improving the quality of soil. You can do this activity with Look at the Indian currency note. Given below are some answers. What
your friends in the garden or local park. questions would arise in your mind, if you were given these answers? Write
them down.
You will need:

• Open space with wet soil • a shovel • lots of wet waste (collect from the
houses of your neighbourhood)

Before starting: Divide the wet wastes into two parts.

Green wastes: This includes food scraps, peels, cooked and uncooked food, weeds,
egg shells, etc. SAMPLE

Brown wastes: This includes brown dry leaves, garden wastes, animal wastes, tea
leaves, etc.

How to compost?

1. Select an open space with wet soil. 1.
2. Dig a deep pit. You can take the help Ans: Reserve Bank of India

of a gardener or take turns to dig a
little one by one. 2.

3. Place 1 bucket of green wastes and Ans: Mahatma Gandhi
2 buckets of brown wastes at the 3.
bottom of the pit.
Ans: Governor of Reserve Bank of India
4. Now, place a thin layer of soil to
cover it. 4. Info-bites
The white field
5. Keep the soil moist by adding water Ans: ` on the bank
from time to time. note contains a
5.
6. Make more such layers, till you reach watermark of

the top, cover the compost pit. Ans: National Emblem of India Mahatma Gandhi.
You can see it
7. Turn the compost regularly to let air in 6. clearly if you hold
and keep adding water. Ans: Rupees Hundred the note in front
8. Your compost will take 8-12 weeks to of light.

turn into rich earthy colour like soil. 7.
Ans: Hindi and English
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