Comments on: Making Compost – The Basics http://www.compostguide.com All about home composting Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:11:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: steve http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-98 steve Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:20:20 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-98 Yes, adding kitchen scraps like banana peels, apple cores, and other veggie scraps is a great source of nitrogen rich material. You may want to keep a plastic bucket on your counter or in a cupboard so you don’t have to make so many trips to your composter. Just make sure it has a lid to keep out the fruit flies. Or you can use a pail like these: http://www.compostguide.com/compost-pails/ Yes, adding kitchen scraps like banana peels, apple cores, and other veggie scraps is a great source of nitrogen rich material. You may want to keep a plastic bucket on your counter or in a cupboard so you don’t have to make so many trips to your composter. Just make sure it has a lid to keep out the fruit flies. Or you can use a pail like these: http://www.compostguide.com/compost-pails/

]]> By: Kristina http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Kristina Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:40:28 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-89 Can I throw kitchen scrapes in when ever I have some? Thanks! Can I throw kitchen scrapes in when ever I have some?

Thanks!

]]> By: steve http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-87 steve Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:51:51 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-87 Typically no, you don't add dog waste to your composter. You can however get a composter specifically for dog waste. You can buy a bin and use red wiggler worms to break down the dog poo, it’s called Vermicomposting i.e. composting with worms. Just make sure you don't put the worm castings in your garden, just on the lawn, plants, etc. Typically no, you don’t add dog waste to your composter. You can however get a composter specifically for dog waste. You can buy a bin and use red wiggler worms to break down the dog poo, it’s called Vermicomposting i.e. composting with worms. Just make sure you don’t put the worm castings in your garden, just on the lawn, plants, etc.

]]> By: Dan http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Dan Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:36:02 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-86 May I add dog droppings to my compost? May I add dog droppings to my compost?

]]> By: steve http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-82 steve Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:47:45 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-82 Build or buy a large compost bin. Mulch your leaves and add them to the compost bin, add some water (keep it as moist as a well rung out sponge) and some nitrogen material like kitchen scraps, etc (no meat or bones). Mix regularly. It may not be ready for spring but it will be a good start. Build or buy a large compost bin. Mulch your leaves and add them to the compost bin, add some water (keep it as moist as a well rung out sponge) and some nitrogen material like kitchen scraps, etc (no meat or bones). Mix regularly. It may not be ready for spring but it will be a good start.

]]> By: bob munzert http://www.compostguide.com/making-compost-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-55 bob munzert Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:14:35 +0000 http://www.compostguide.com/?page_id=12#comment-55 any hints for starting a compost pile in the late fall when leaves are the most plentiful item i have? any other hints would be very helpful, my first try. thank you , bob any hints for starting a compost pile in the late fall when leaves are the most plentiful item i have? any other hints would be very helpful, my first try. thank you , bob

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