Hey, first time composterm. My pile was working well in the sommer, it was mostly grass and some cardboard. Now as the seasons changed i gathered about 3000l of leaves aith a bit of grass. Question is should i just leave it for a few years or is there a way to brong this up to temp?
by sliverspam
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I just toss my food scraps and coffee grinds into my leaf pile and cover it with browns and a hefty piss each day.
Keep the extra leaves for potatoes in the spring.
Lots of coffee ground or animal waste will do the job. Sadly piss is hard to acquire in sufficient quantities without being labeled a weirdo or risking ending up on a list.
If they were mine I’d chop them up with the mower and it’ll make the pile much smaller
If you can corral that pile into a wire ring, you can keep them for adding over the next year/season. I have a one ton sack just for that purpose. Stashed it out of the weather hopefully and I expect it to be a lovely addition when the first lawn mowing gets done in spring.
Also if you have a strimmer you can thresh the leaves into smaller bits so they process a bit quicker.