Compost for Veggies

[GrowingVeggies]

Heard that compost will help veggies* A LOT

And I heard you should have equal green:brown? How do I start a compost pile and a bin for it?

[Newt]

There's many posts here on starting a compost pile if you do a search with the word: compost

Here's the basics on how to start a compost pile and what you can use in it.* You don't have to buy a bin, you can just make a pile or use other inexpensive materials.* I'll give you sites for that too.
http://www.compostguide.com/

How to make a compost bin:
http://extension.missouri.edu/explor...ort/g06957.htm

Newt

[GrowingVeggies]

[user=5]Newt[/user] wrote:

There's many posts here on starting a compost pile if you do a search with the word: compost

Here's the basics on how to start a compost pile and what you can use in it.* You don't have to buy a bin, you can just make a pile or use other inexpensive materials.* I'll give you sites for that too.
http://www.compostguide.com/

How to make a compost bin:
http://extension.missouri.edu/explor...ort/g06957.htm

Newt

Which kind of bins do you use? Wire/wood etc...

Thanks!

[Newt]

I tried the free ones from the county.* They were a basic plastic type tube and I didn't like them.* I found I couldn't turn the compost in them, and once the compost started to break down, the tube would collapse inward, making it difficult to get the compost out.* They didn't have as many holes as these and weren't very good.



Now I just pile the compost in one area and do the 'open air' method.* Something like this.



I have a very small garden so I don't have a large pile of compost.

Some counties and cities give out free compost and/or free compost bins.* You might find this helpful.
http://www.sjrecycles.org/residents/home_compost.asp

Scroll down at this site for places that should be helpful.
http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/iwm/agencyarticle?path=%2Fv7%2FIntegrated%20Waste%20Ma nagement%20(DIV)%2FHome%20Composting&contentId=46c adc18dfb34010VgnVCMP230004adc4a92____

Newt