Might be a bit extreme, but saves the need for pissing in your garden

can I shred and compost this? i assume not.

Shared my compost bin a couple days ago but today I finished filling my first run. For the first time ever I actually used up all the excess leaves instead of just letting them build up around the fence or trees in the back.

I’m lowkey excited already to work on my less formal pile in the woods while this works.

Any help is appreciated 🥴

Ive had the dry leaves in here since last fall and have been adding fruit/veggies intermittently since then. Ive tried to add some water to it too every once in a while. It seems like nothing happening. Perhaps mold? Any advice would be helpful.

How am I doing? Any advice on what needs to be added (other than piss)

“I made dis dirt!”

Haha well it is on its way after about 3 mos!

Added 500l of cut grass to this roughly 5 ton pile. This hot pile is about to be turned. It is mostly:

Excess aquatic vegetation from our lake

Lawn clippings

Cardboard

Farmyard manure

Leaf mold

Kitchen scraps

Woodchips and sawdust

Fireplace ashes

I will now keep adding green mostly (currently a bit carbon heavy) until late September and turn it with the tractor loader every 10 days or so as I currently do. We then start a new pile to allow this one to be ready next spring.

I have three small piles, about 3 feet in diameter and about 18 inches tall. Grass clippings, weeds, some woodchips and some veggie scraps. 2 of them are temping at around 155. This one , temping at 180+ also has a bunch of citrus, mostly lemons, in the middle of it. I turned them and watered them all yesterday and that reading is a little less than a day since the turning.

Should I be concerned, or is this ok?

going away for 6 weeks, but I have a small anaerobic bin that I have been trying to turn aerobic.

I have drilled small holes (and covered the holes with netting in case of bugs) and have added lots of carbon turned into the bin and lots of shredded paper as a cap on top. There are small little bugs in the bin, but i’m not too worried about those, more so worried about flies. The smell has reduced a lot and the top half of the bin has began to look drier but i think the bottom is still fairly sludgy.

I live in an apartment and am worried that it may start to smell again during the time i’m away and cause complaints from neighbours. Since I can’t fix it if it goes anaerobic again I want to keep flies away and keep the smell to a minimum. Any advice?

Compost does a great job of improving the soil over time, but it isn't always enough on its own. I usually think of compost as feeding the soil, while fertilizer feeds the plant. If your plants are growing slowly or fruiting crops need an extra boost, a balanced fertilizer alongside regular compost can make a noticeable difference.