[orsonwb]

I found the listing of Green vs. Brown compost components helpful.

[Williams]

I endorse composting 100 percent, it’s great.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Garden ping

[meowmeow]

I throw weeds in mine and have had no problems. The only thing that has risen from the dead once I use the final compost product in my garden beds is tomatoes (from kitchen scraps)! I had one tomato plant last year that actually grew out of an air vent in the composter and eventually produced nice tomatoes. This year I have 4 - one growing out of a different air vent and three that cropped up in my pepper bed after I added the compost. I transplanted them and they are doing better than the store bought plants.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Earthworms!

[Utah Binger]

Thanks for posting this. We used our compost pile for this entire garden. We'll see how well it does. One problem are the pods from a trash elm tree shown on the right side here:

I sit in the blue chairs while Mrs Binger does all the work. I like to wave at all the traffic on Historic Highway 89! Also the umbrella table is the employee lounge. Our hand insisted on having a place for a cool one.

[Tao Yin]

My new favorite composting method is the easy leaf compost. Rake wet leaves into a large garbage bag. Poke a few holes in the bag. Let it sit out for 2 years then it’s ready to use.

[G Larry]

I hear there are thousands of copies of the 2700 page “Obamacare”, soon to be available for composting...

[Bigg Red]

Unless I just scanned the list too quickly, I think they missed out on mentioning egg shells, the only animal product that is a good compost ingredient.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I have several piles going simultaneously. The biggest has upwards of a hundred straw bales for the C component. Kitchen waste, chicken coop litter, weeds and grass cutting keep the critters fed. Alernatively, when I have a surplus of green (like now) I have some soft drink syrups (scrounged 5 gallon boxes) to wet the pile down. When things are in balance, watch out! Some piles are like rocket fuel; I lost a garden tool in one once and found it the following year with a melted handle.

[tubebender]

Have Compost... Will Travel

[dervish]

I have been composting for years, but my pile or bin never gets hot. Eventually it breaks down but it takes a year or more.

What am I missing?

[samiam1972]

We compost yard waste, kitchen scraps, and rabbit poop. My husband uses a pitch fork to stir the compost in the bin he built one afternoon. Seems to be working quite well. It's incredibly dry and hot here right now so I'm thinking I may give it a drink when I water the garden later. So far, we haven't had any pest/rodent problems. We do have some lovely ugly mushrooms growing along the side. The boards can be removed to make it smaller if we want.