Go to Home Page Also: If you want a compost bin, what are the options?   How does a compost bin work?   Are plastic compost bins any good? There are so many types of compost bins out there that some may wonder which is the best type for them. Don’t allow yourself to become
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Go to Home Page Also: What should I not put in a compost tumbler? Where is the best place to put a compost tumbler? Do I need a compost tumbler? Using a compost tumbler is a good way of making compost. The tumbling action in a compost tumbler and shows that all the material gets
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Go to Home Page Also: Does Bokashi speed up composting? Can I use Bokashi in a compost tumbler? Can you feed chicken Bokashi? Maggots in my Bokashi bin Composting is better than bokashi. When we make compost, we start and finish an entire process. Composting is converting food waste into to compost. The finished compost
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Go to Home Page Also: Why is my compost full of flies? You will know when your compost is working when there’s no bad smell and there are so many worms in it that you can almost hear them. Compost that’s working well, will shrink in the compost bin, leaving plenty of room for more organic
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Go to Home Page   Also: Can you prevent vegetables from becoming rotten? Can all rotten food be composted?   You can put rotten vegetables in compost. Making compost is all about organic material going rotten. Vegetables and fruit will become rotten faster than anything else. Vegetables that are only partly rotten can be trimmed
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Go to Home Page Also: What will happen if you leave compost too long? Can too much compost kill plants? Clumping of compost will happen when composting materials, that are prone to sticking together, roll around in a compost tumbler. Compost clumping can be avoided by adding more ‘brown’ material. This will keep the compost mixture
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Go to Home Page Also: Why do we compost at home? How do you use compost?   If you’re serious about making compost, you probably need two compost bins. Having two compost bins will give you the flexibility that you need. When one compost bin is full, you can leave it closed off, while you fill
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Go to Home Page Yes, you should cover your compost pile for two main reasons. A compost pile that has no cover can become dried-out if you’re having a hot period of weather. Covering a compost pile will keep it shaded and help to retain moisture. Constant rain will wash out some of the nutrients
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Go to Home Page Also: How long does a compost pile stay hot? Yes. Any grass can catch fire in one big pile of grass clippings but it can only happen when a combination of circumstances conspire together to make it happen.  Here we’re looking at a phenomenon known as spontaneous combustion. This can happen when
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Go to Home Page Also: What is the difference between hot and cold composting? You can make compost hotter by including a balanced range of ingredients in your compost from the beginning. You must include the right proportions of carbon ‘browns’ to go with the volume of nitrate ‘greens’ that you have. You can make make
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