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Compost Whacko Wanna-be

18 years ago

I have been reading so many posts this week, and you folks are pushing me over the edge.

I have an Urban Compost Tumbler, and I wasn't enthralled with it - nothing ever breaks down. It never occurred to me that the problem was me. I wasn't filling it up, just adding a little at a time, and not paying attention at all to the ratios. I also wasn't spinning it very often. Since finding this forum, I shredded up a bunch of cardboard (my town doesn't recycle!), added two big bags of coffee grounds, and a pile of horse manure. The stuff is hot now, and it doesn't stink! I can't wait to spread this stuff in my garden.

Thanks so much for all of the information you make available. I have to go now and figure out how to build a compost bin in the backyard that won't offend my husband's aesthetic sensibilities. Then I get to be a rabid compost nut.

Jennifer

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