Compost

I love compost. It's free, easy, simple and good for the garden. I use 4 piles to speed up the process. Each pile is in a different stage of "cooking". Today I started another pile. I am ready to rake leaves just as soon as they dry a bit. I layer green, dry, brown and wet in making a new pile:

• Green- Kitchen scraps, grass clippings or prunings and fertilizer (to kick start the cooking)
• Dry- Leaves, dead material
• Brown- Old compost, dirt, red worms from other piles (they were free too. Worms just happen!)
• Wet- Water

I have round compost bins. When the pile is full and ready to "cook". I place some light weight to the top to help compress the dry leaves. In a few days (weeks) the compost is turned and re-wetted. This speeds up the process.

More later.