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Easy Compost System (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNm4WiPgMY "Whenever I put something wet in, I put something dry on top of it." There you have it, composting summarized!  Love it. If you can make room for a trash can in a tight space (like a balcony) instead of a 5 gallon bucket, do it. As I've said a million times, volume is a huge factor and your results will be drastically better with a bigger vessel.

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Okay to put weeds in compost pile (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLSPo423KM Daphne Richards has a nice video here explaining why it's OK to put weeds in your compost pile if it's one that's really cooking.  Once you get into the 130 and up range, the weed seeds die off in a matter of hours...she mentions 150 degrees, but in my experience it doesn't need to get THAT hot...although it's cool if you do. I would simplify the video by saying that if you're working with a large compost bin, you can definitely compost weeds with no problem.  However, in smaller volumes there's just not enough heat generated for a sustained period of time to kill the weed seeds. Personally I like to put a big stack of weeds on top of my compost as an insulating layer, because I simply…

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