Beginner Gardening: Need to start a compost pile! , 1 by teko

teko wrote:
I've had a compost pile for years. I started first just on the ground, but mice set up housekeeping. I then put up three pallets (you can get these free) and started adding kitchen scraps, leaves in the fall, dead plants....anything that was plant material. I don't put in any animal waste because I use this on my vegetable garden. It was hard to get to the bottom every spring to get the compost so last year I finally got hubby to attach two more. I now have a "throw over" after I get all the compost out. The greatest thing is I never have to buy "dirt." Since I'm relatively lazy I keep a Folgers plastic bucket ih the kitchen to add kitchen scraps. When it's full I run it out to the pile and throw it on. It doesn't stink up the kitchen except when I open it to add more scraps. They start decomposing while on the counter. So far this has worked the best for me. I rarely turn the pile, just remove the top in spring, dig out the compost, then fill it up again and wait for next year. If I was going to start a new bed I'd probably try the lasagna method. Sounds so fun!