It's snowi on the ground and on the garden, how does one make compost
By suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
Canada
November 11, 2008 11:50pm CST
I have been putting all my kitchen waste in a plastic container and taking it out to the berry garden and buying it in the part that is lower then the other parts, hoping to build up the soil by composting. Now it works fine when there is no snow, and I can cover it with grass and leaf scraps, but in the late fall and winter when there is snow on the ground, it does not.
After all with the snow on it, it does not mix in and I also have to shovel the snow off the grass to get some to cover the compost. So in the winter, what do you do with the kitchen scraps? I cannot exactly store them in plastic containers under the sink.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
12 Nov 08
You could try using a big barrel or trash can and just pour them into by your door then cover and keep adding stuff and lime maybe. It might work. My scraps usually go tot the dogs and cats except for the bones and I doubt that would help the compose pile any.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Nov 08
No meats, bones or fats/grease should be used in a compost pile ever.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
12 Nov 08
What about Lyme? do you add it to your compost piles?
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
13 Nov 08
I will have to get an old trash can. I do have one at the back, and I can bring it to the side of the house. It is really doing nothing. I never thought about that.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Nov 08
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-703/426-703.html
Here is a site that may help you out.
I have a container out back for composting.
Using a pile as opposed to tossing it to the ground is a lot better.
After the compost is done it is then turned into exsisting soil for adding nutrients etc. The pile needs to generate heat so in the winter months a bin is best to use. Or a pile will work as well. It has to be turned and water added still in the winter as well. It is a lot of work but for me it is second nature for me now as it is a daily task I do now.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
14 Nov 08
We have a pile at the back of the raspberry patch, but my husband thinks it attracts flies. I put a lot of grass on it. I can do it in the fall, but when winter comes, it will freeze. I have wanted my husband to build a bin, but he has not.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
12 Nov 08
luckily we dont have snow in our country..we have only two season that is dry and wet...in your case you can still ask somebody to dig at your backyard to dump your waste..although i guess it will take time to decompose atleast you have disposes it to where you like it to be...
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
28 Feb 09
We continue to toss them on the pile...snow and freezing temperatures serve to neutralize odors and like you said; we can't keep 'em inside!
And by time spring comes 'round, the compost will start working again and it'll just need a couple turns with a shovel and everything's cool.
Well...warm. You know what I mean! 
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
1 Mar 09
I will do that. We had a rather heavy snow this year and I find that I do not have that many plastic bags to put away the kitchen refuse.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
12 Nov 08
I have a composter that has a lid and all I have to do is remove the lid and dump my scraps..But truthfully, unless I have a lot of scraps, I do get lazy in the winter, because I hate the cold and the less I am out in it the better..
@GardenGerty (169435)
• United States
12 Nov 08
Just pour it on anyway. The snow will cover it and help it to decompose, making new garden soil. If you have a good day when there is no snow, you can cover it then.
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