composting tips

  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…