Materiats Needed
• biodegradable plastic bags
• nonbiodegradable plastic bags
• nets (plastic or cotton)
• wire or string
• wooden posts
• brown paper bags
• pages of newspaper
• mulch pile-approximately 4 feet (120 cm) high (consisting of grass clippings and [eaves
with rotting vegetable matter, fertilizer, and compost starter culture) in a foot-(2-m-)
diameter ring made of wire fencing material
• tap water
• Leaf pile-approximately 3 feet (1 m) high
• 10 plastic containers (approximately ½ gallon (2 liters) each)
• saltwater (15% by volume)