| You don't need a compost bin to compost. In fact, | | | | quick composting. You should try to get you greens |
| your yard doesn't even need you to compost. If you | | | | (grass clippings, kitchen scraps, coffee grinds) to |
| let the leaves fall from the trees and just left them | | | | browns (fallen leaves, hay, shredded newspapers) |
| there, eventually they'd decompose all by | | | | ratio somewhere close to 1:20. This ratio is also best |
| themselves. But if you want to use compost in your | | | | for preventing a smelly bin. |
| vegetable garden or flower bed as a natural fertilizer | | | | Keep your compost wet. You don't want it soaked |
| or to improve drainage or to get one of the many | | | | but you also don't want it too dry either. You're |
| other benefits of compost, you'll want a lot of it and | | | | going for a slightly damp feeling. If it rains once or |
| fast. Waiting for nature isn't a very practical way to | | | | twice a week, then you probably won't have to add |
| get compost. If you want your yard waste and | | | | any more water. |
| kitchen scraps to decompose quickly, you'll need to | | | | Mix your compost. This is hard work but it's one of |
| do a few things to speed up the process. | | | | the best tips for making compost quickly. Get your |
| First off you'll need a compost bin. Sure a compost | | | | pitch fork and just start turning the contents of your |
| bin isn't necessary to make compost but it will help | | | | pile over at least once a week. |
| make it faster. A pile of yard waste will decompose | | | | Compost will happen on it's own if you let it. Things |
| quicker if it has some depth. Four foot squared (Four | | | | will decompose and break down all by themselves. |
| feet high, four feet wide and four feet deep) is a | | | | But if you follow these tips you can definitely make |
| great size to get your compost cooking. | | | | compost quicker than mother nature can. |
| The ratio of greens to browns is important too for | | | | |