Why does my composting take so long... - June 27th, 2005 at 06:54 AM
Sorry, I noticed a few composting questions here, but haven't come across the answer I'm looking for. It's probably in one of the posts.
I'm doing something wrong with my composting. It takes forever to break down. I have a store bought composter, throw in grass, leaves and sometimes vegetable and garden scraps. I leave the top off, so it gets rain and use my poking tool so it gets oxygen. Last year, I did not use any of the soil off the bottom because I was sick, had surgery and was unable to do gardening. My husband was throwing grass in through the summer, and also grass mixed with chopped leaves in the fall. This spring I was hoping to use some of the compost, I found that although there was some soil in it, there was still too much leaves etc...that didn't break down. It's been two years since I've used compost and think it should all be broken down by now. I'm discouraged, what can I do to help speed the process up?
I'm doing something wrong with my composting. It takes forever to break down. I have a store bought composter, throw in grass, leaves and sometimes vegetable and garden scraps. I leave the top off, so it gets rain and use my poking tool so it gets oxygen. Last year, I did not use any of the soil off the bottom because I was sick, had surgery and was unable to do gardening. My husband was throwing grass in through the summer, and also grass mixed with chopped leaves in the fall. This spring I was hoping to use some of the compost, I found that although there was some soil in it, there was still too much leaves etc...that didn't break down. It's been two years since I've used compost and think it should all be broken down by now. I'm discouraged, what can I do to help speed the process up?