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The #1 Secret to Get Your Compost Pile Cooking!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVnXo_HtKzY Leaves are the most important ingredient to make excellent compost. While they will compost just as they are, shredding them will increase the efficiency of your pile. Collect as many leaves as possible during the fall to keep your compost pile cooking through the colder months. My goal is to show you how to create the best compost with the least amount of time and effort. Let's cut down on what we send to the landfill and create an excellent soil amendment to grow your plants. This is just the start of it- stay tuned for even more composting tips! Be sure to sign up for my free composting course along the right side of this page. Let me know how your composting is going- I'd love to hear…

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,…

Best Source of Carbon for Composting in a City Without Trees & Leaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYobJsr9BKc I'm very lucky that although I live in an urban area, I have trees that drop tons of leaves right outside my door. If you're not this lucky, you may have to go out hunting for leaves...they work better than any other material for balancing out your food scraps in the compost pile. Plan B involves paper and cardboard- be sure to avoid allowing tape to get in the mix or you'll be picking it out later. He mentions pine pellets- I've never tried these and I have no clue where a feed store is, but I'm going to look. I'd suggest finding a wood shop instead and asking for their sawdust. Piles that are sawdust intensive might not yield the best compost ever, but it will get the…