Hi all,
This is my first time posting. I need some advice on how to make the most of a situation..I've got a 3 part composter like in the picture. In general it's quite hard to aerate and turn due to angle/height/my strength but father in law kindly comes to mow our lawn and fills all 3 sections to the brim. It's impossible to turn, it's not balanced and the inside of the mound of grass clippings becomes dry and grey almost like ash. It does get hot and I've got worms at the bottom but when it's like that it's impossible for me to turn or anything. I don't want to tell him to stop and I don't have money for a new system. Is it ok like this? Will it still break down? If not, any ideas about what can I do?
by Ramblinggnomes
4 Comments
If you have a hand drill, search for drill augers for the garden. I had one of these bins and it was very hard to turn without emptying everything out and reloading. The auger will let you easily aerate the pile. There are a bunch on Amazon (I think I purchased a single 18″ one). Hope that helps!
Take a spade shovel and just start stabbing it. Do that for about 20-39 stabs and that should loosen it up enough to be able to start mixing
a 3 bin can be used many ways, filling 3 to the brim is new to me π
Start an open pile next to it that’s bigger. You can’t have too much compost.
Just watch a yt bideo on a 3 bin.
The basic idea is, you take stuff from one bin and shovel it into another bin. That way you have turned the entire pile. But there’s many ways to do it.
Drill auger bit