Like any other kitchen scraps and peelings, onion skins will add valuable nutrients to the soil as they rot down,” she says.

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To make compost gather enough materials to make a pile at least three feet deep, mix the dry materials such as fallen leaves, shredded tree branches, cardboard, newspaper; hay or straw; wood shavings.