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vibrantabyss, I got the compost bins rebuilt with sod taken up from the new garden plot, stockpiled Winter kitchen scraps, last year's late season yard waste, and what few leaves I could dredge up from the corners of the yard (no trees here).
The material available filled both of our two 32-gallon garbage can composters.
Yesterday,terse_scribe and I noticed that the volume had decreased in one of the bins, so I figured it was time for the first turning. Not surprisingly, the sunken bin was steaming in the middle. The other one was not, which is a little puzzling, since we filled both bins with the same sorts of stuff, and attempted to keep things even. Ah well.
Nonetheless, I dumped both bins into a single pile, and refilled them both with a pitchfork, alternating pitchforkfuls into each, and making sure that each got a nice dose of the high-steam parts. This should significantly improve the mix between the bins, and is probably how I'll turn it until it all compacts enough to fit into a single bin. Some of the stuff was a bit dry, so I added a bit of water (but cautiously...last year's bin was always too soggy). With any luck, this will get both bins steaming in short order.
vibrantabyss, I got the compost bins rebuilt with sod taken up from the new garden plot, stockpiled Winter kitchen scraps, last year's late season yard waste, and what few leaves I could dredge up from the corners of the yard (no trees here).The material available filled both of our two 32-gallon garbage can composters.
Yesterday,
terse_scribe and I noticed that the volume had decreased in one of the bins, so I figured it was time for the first turning. Not surprisingly, the sunken bin was steaming in the middle. The other one was not, which is a little puzzling, since we filled both bins with the same sorts of stuff, and attempted to keep things even. Ah well.Nonetheless, I dumped both bins into a single pile, and refilled them both with a pitchfork, alternating pitchforkfuls into each, and making sure that each got a nice dose of the high-steam parts. This should significantly improve the mix between the bins, and is probably how I'll turn it until it all compacts enough to fit into a single bin. Some of the stuff was a bit dry, so I added a bit of water (but cautiously...last year's bin was always too soggy). With any luck, this will get both bins steaming in short order.
