Sunday, March 29, 2009

I've decided to start composting. One reason is because in a year or two I want to start a kitchen garden, but my soil is so sandy. So I thought if I started composting now, maybe next year I'll have a healthy patch. Also composting is good for the environment in general.

Do any of you compost? Any advice or warnings?

3 comments:

Anne said...

If you're going to be serious about it, buy or make a composting barrel.

John said...

Mom put in everything but meat scraps and grease. But you probably already knew that.

Unknown said...

I bet you've already done your homework on this...
Mine is very low budget but functionable. Let's put it this way- it ain't pretty. Chicken wire wrapped around three re-bar stakes driven into the ground and the bottom is raised with a wooden pallet with fine gauge hardware cloth stapled down to cover it.
Just make sure you add some yard soil to it to get things off to a good start with those dandy little microbes it has to offer. After that, it's sunshine, aeration and tons of veggie scrapes, grass clippings, leaves and coffee grounds.