Leaf Shredding Season!

The leaves are falling- I hope you're like me and are frantically collecting them for composting. When I got my leaf shredder, I remember reading something saying 7 bags of unshredded leaves will fit in one single bag... I don't know about that. Regardless, I got three relatively large bags into this one big bag. It saves me space, and more importantly I can get my compost pile cooking. I've been neglecting shredding for several months, as I wanted to compost as if I don't own a shredder like most people. My pile has shown this change, as it has only been cooking in the 90F - 110F range instead of the usual 130F+. Another cool benefit to shredding is that when you add a layer to the compost pile,…

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Grubs in my Compost?

What an interesting critter.  There's TONS of 1" long grubs in my current active pile, but there were none to be found in my finished compost pile... or so I thought. I found two of these guys... they're closer to 1.5" and have nearly transparent rear ends.  The orange heads are pretty trippy. Are they good or bad? I don't really care.  Compost piles are ecosystems and they're clearly eating the decaying organic matter in there... nothing wrong with that.

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