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Question regarding adding browns to greens

16 years ago

Hi, I'm a fairly new composter. Up till now, I've mostly just piled cuttings and other garden waste in piles and let it sit, but I've decided to be more active. This winter, we chipped up a bunch of old woody garden waste and I have 3 piles of the chips sitting there. I've been adding greens as I have them, mostly weeds up till this point. But now I'm getting some greens mostly from cuttings off my roses first flush. We've also trimmed back our honeysuckle and boxwoods. I want to add these greens to the piles of chipped stuff that I have. Is this a good mix of greens and browns? Or should add more browns (I have a few bags of shredded leaves from the winter)? Do I need to bury the greens in browns to get them to break down faster?

Thanks for any input.