Composting Delayed For Me

Hiya Grandpa Bob. That is sooooo way cool for you to try your hand at composting. It's pretty easy although some websites and books make it sound like an enormous task. I just throw whatever happens to be on hand in the compost bin and I don't layer like the experts say to do. I keep adding till it's full and let it sit till I need it which is usually in the spring months. Kitchen wastes, leaves, grass clippings, chopped up sticks, garden waste, any of the livestock manures (not dog/cat poop, lil wood ash, etc etc etc. The only thing you should NEVER put in the bin is any kind of meat or dairy products because they will attract critters (Buster included) and nasty bugs. A lil garden soil is good as well cause it introduces the microorganisms that break down waste into pure 'gold'. HAPPY COMPOSTING!!

We have a bin collection every fortnight for each of the bins we have. A blue bin for waste paper and cardboard. A black bin for normal household rubbish. A brown bin for all the garden refuse such as gras cuttings, weeds and meal preparation waste and leftovers. It is this bin that the council use for the composting. Have a great day gardening from Deeky.

I do not formally do composting. I have always thrown my vegetable waste in a corner of my yard. Usually with some fencing around it. If I mow or rake leaves they go in too. I do not put any bones or meat or cheese or fat in it. Those items will not decompose well, and will attract unwanted critters. Also do not put animal waste like dog poo in it, or cat poo. The things that grow around my compost area are usually happy and healthy, and I dig stuff from it to add to the garden or plantings in the yard. Good luck.

Andy was just talking about doing this here also. Im not sure how to do it but he seems to know how what a surprize.

Does this mean were are going to get a free compost bin, that you put out for pick up every 2nd week? The council in our area may be starting a similar service for us to, with the use of biodegradable bags. Anyway, there is a lot more you can save for composting. All vegetable & fruit scraps & peelings for a start (except onions). This really mounts up quickly. Grass cuttings, shrub prunings. The problem is, if this bin is not being delivered for awhile, you dont want rotting food scraps lying around.. I have a compost bin out the back, but haven't used it for a while, as nobody would dump the food scraps in it!

Hi Granpa Bob! Lucky for me I stumbled upon this discussion. I was looking for ways of what to do with my organic waste and boom I found it all here:) I would like to try the free ways of composting first they've suggested before maybe going to this compost bin things.

Like you said, leaves, coffee grounds, egg shells. You can also put in fresh vegitation, corn husk, potato peels, onion skins, any veg's waste. I know you have to turn it all over to mix it up. Your garden is going to love the goodies you will be feeding it.

I have never composted before, I have a friend who does, it is always recommended to have your pile as far a way from the house as possible because it can stink, depending on what is in it. I know she threw in banana peels but I don't know what else she used.

If done right and not allowed to go without oxygen (turning it will help) it will not have an offensive order. I have had many compost piles and the only ones that ever had a bad smell was when I did not turn it and let it get saturated so that the aerobic bacteria were not very active but the anaerobic bacteria were working overtime. So if you make sure to keep the aerobic bacteria growing well it will not have a bad smell.

A compost pile can be as easily made as putting some wire in a circle (4 foot should be the minimum) and just keep putting in vegetable scraps. Try to get both green and already brown material in there to insure a better compost. also if you can put some good garden dirt it will help to speed up the composting process. Make sure to keep it moist (but not soaking wet) and also if y9u can turn it once in a while that will help to get oxygen to the bacteria that break down the compost. Also it needs to get hot so as to kill the weed seeds and bad bacteria. this can be done by covering the pile and keeping it covered (but remembering to let oxygen in by turning it).The bigger the pile the faster it will break down (as long as there is enough moisture and oxygen).

Compost bins? I don't think I quite understand that, do they provide you with bins to compose or do you provide things to compost and you get some of the compost material when ready? Myself, I have my own compost bin and I put all my veggie waste into it..I am also one of those lazy compost people because I don't have a pitch fork to turn it, so I just dig underneath to get the finished material..I know I don't get as much, but I do too much gardening by hand and I can't turn it at all..

i never use composting. people here are dependent on the commercial method of fertilizer. i admire you my friend for being natural worker. you made the best way of making our nature safe from chemicals. i know you are a nature lover so keep it up.