Compost not black yet. - July 31st, 2006 at 08:22 PM
As I'm only running on one bin, I have decided that it was time to move all my compost into bags, and store this somewhere until needed next year. So that I'm ready for autumn (fall).
Trouble is, when I was transferring the 'compost', most of it looked like soil. It was quite sticky, and brown. Definitely wasn't black or crumbly as I would have expected.
Is this just a case of me not leaving it long enough, or is a cause of not enough browns, or something else?
As I've said, it's now in four quite large plastic bags, that are in turn covered in black bin liners, so has some more cooking to do.
Should I be worried, or is it still usable?
Trouble is, when I was transferring the 'compost', most of it looked like soil. It was quite sticky, and brown. Definitely wasn't black or crumbly as I would have expected.
Is this just a case of me not leaving it long enough, or is a cause of not enough browns, or something else?
As I've said, it's now in four quite large plastic bags, that are in turn covered in black bin liners, so has some more cooking to do.
Should I be worried, or is it still usable?