How To Compost – Page 72 – Crazy About Compost

The Importance of Covering Food Scraps

When I went out to the compost pile this past weekend, I noticed that I needed more cover material... how? It just started getting warmer out, and I noticed that the top of my pile had a lot of bugs flying around... when a pile is covered properly, this won't happen. I had been uncovering/depositing without adding new brown material, and since I got lazy this is what happened. You can see halfway above the compost thermometer that there's a section of greenish material/hay and then a solid blanket of leaves on top. I get so happy when I shred a bag of leaves...it gives me several inches of fresh cover, which looks like this: You're looking at the solution to most composting issues. Ample (shredded & dampened) leaf…

A Tale of Two Bins (article repost)

Originally found at: https://foofycrafts.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/a-tale-of-two-bins/ Recently Hannah wrote a post on her experience with getting started composting and linked to my video. I thought I'd repost her blog here. If you try the bucket method and it doesn't appear to get results, try using a larger container such as a trash can. The bigger the vessel, the better your results will be. Anyway, here's her post. Keep up the good work, Hannah! It’s amazing how much waste we can generate in a single day. Throwing out that old toothpaste tube, wiping down the sink with a paper towel, grabbing coffee in a to-go cup, unwrapping a protein bar. Wow. That’s only the beginning! We go through the day and leave little bits and pieces of our waste everywhere. We pass myriads…

Easy Low Cost Composting with Free Coffee Grounds and Wood Chips

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eDKqhhr_iA Great video, but I have a few concerns: He mentions not adding meat to the compost pile... just add it. Meat and dairy products are absolutely compostable, and although he mentions needing a hot pile to do so, interesting enough those very items heavily contribute to creating heat within a compost pile! As long as you have at least double the amount of brown materials as you do food scraps/meat/dairy products, you'll be fine. This dude has plenty of energy and a large pile able to handle any meat he may have. Also- I've never seen someone add so much dirt to a compost pile... while there's nothing wrong with adding dirt, I don't see quite enough brown materials here. Instead of all the dirt, his pile would benefit…