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midnight1957

Am I composting correctly

16 years ago

I got interested in composting in the late fall of this year so I built a compost bin 8'X8'X3'. I started with leaves from my Bradford pears, some pears from my tree, a good many egg shells (about 7 dozen a day)very fine saw dust, then I found out about Starbucks so I have been getting a lot of coffee grounds. I was at the farmers market one day and a guy gave me a truck load of tomatoes (36 cases). Today I went to a horse race track near where I live and they have tons and tons of horse manure they will give you and even load it for you. The horse manure has lots of saw dust in it where they put it in the stables. As the guy was loading it today I could see the steam rising from it. Over time I have added the tomatoes and they are decomposing good.

With all that I have put in my pile is there anything I shouldn't have put or is there anything that I should add that I haven't? I hope I have good compost for my garden by spring, when I turned it today I could see some steam come from inside it.

Thanks for all of the responses that I get and I welcome any comments or advice.

Thanks,

Wade

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