Comments on: Slow and Easy Composting http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/110 Susan Harris's blog about eco-friendly and urban gardening, plus the adventures of a DC-based garden writer, coach and occasional rabble-rowser. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zoey http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/110/comment-page-1#comment-328 zoey Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:14:47 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=110#comment-328 Susan, I do it almost the same as you. My pile is a good distance from my kitchen so I don't bother with the food scraps - no extra water from me either. I just throw it all in a heap and wait - and wait - and wait -- it takes a good year or more before it's usable. The only turning I do is when I am digging up the bottom stuff to use and the top stuff falls further down. Susan,
I do it almost the same as you. My pile is a good distance from my kitchen so I don’t bother with the food scraps – no extra water from me either. I just throw it all in a heap and wait – and wait – and wait — it takes a good year or more before it’s usable. The only turning I do is when I am digging up the bottom stuff to use and the top stuff falls further down.

]]> By: Jude http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/110/comment-page-1#comment-327 Jude Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:02:02 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=110#comment-327 Did you know that compost worms absolutley LOVE banana skins. Are you sure you don't have sufficient kitchen scraps for a mini worm farm at the back door? Your 'cooking style' intrigues me. Tell more! Did you know that compost worms absolutley LOVE banana skins. Are you sure you don’t have sufficient kitchen scraps for a mini worm farm at the back door? Your ‘cooking style’ intrigues me. Tell more!

]]> By: jenn http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/110/comment-page-1#comment-326 jenn Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:08:31 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=110#comment-326 Isn't it a blessing to have the room to slow compost? Looks lovely and natural, too. Isn’t it a blessing to have the room to slow compost?

Looks lovely and natural, too.

]]> By: Alice http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/110/comment-page-1#comment-325 Alice Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:49:38 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=110#comment-325 I find the hardest thing about putting leaves in the compost heaps or open bins is, apart from the space they take up, is trying to get water through them. We tend to put most of our stuff through the mulcher, including the leaves, and they do break up much faster. But your method of just leaving them in a heap seems to work perfectly. I find the hardest thing about putting leaves in the compost heaps or open bins is, apart from the space they take up, is trying to get water through them. We tend to put most of our stuff through the mulcher, including the leaves, and they do break up much faster. But your method of just leaving them in a heap seems to work perfectly.

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