I have a decent pile of woodchips from a lumber yard and plenty of logs and sticks from around the yard. Our kitchen produces plenty of veggies scraps and egg shells.
My potentially silly question is:
Is it too late in the year to start a new pile? I am a totally newby to this but I'm interested in creating my own compost for a garden next year.
Any tips and advice is welcome and appreciated! Thanks!
by EtherealCurseGuy
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Totally fine. Probably won’t be ready right at the start of spring but it’ll compost fine
Know anyone that has a compost bin and healthy compost? Cause probably grab a few buckets from them to start you off with the good bacteria, fungus, yeast, decomposers?
ABC always be composting
Never to late or to soon to start. Might slow down a bit in winter but it’ll pick right back up in spring and you’ll have accumulated that much more in the down time.
Edit to add: volume is your friend. Big piles finish faster so keep adding
Also, to get started, what all do I add initially?
All those aging woodchips will be great to start your pile with. You’ll want to add nitrogen to balance out all that carbon – kitchen waste, grass cuttings, weeds, etc.
Autumn is my favorite time to start new piles because all the excess leaves everywhere. By far the best brown input IMO.
In my area, people put their leaves out front twice in autumn to get picked up by the municipality. Some people even bag them up. It’s a composters dream. Ill go around and grab bags from around the neighborhood lol. Make a big pile or two with them, and keep a few bagged for reserves in later in the year too.
I create new piles year round. I live in a climate with cold winters.
Pee on it!