Composting Made Easy

Easy, But Slow Compost - Pile leaves, grass and cut up branches in an out-of-the-way place in your yard. Wait a year and then dig underneath the pile for the finished humus the worms have made for you.

Quick Compost - Make a compost pile or bin about 3 feet wide and 3 feet high.

• Chop particles as small as possible.
• Mix "green" (like grass) and "brown" (like leaves) material.
• Keep the pile moist, like a wrung-out sponge.
• Turn the pile with a pitch fork at least once a month.

Compost will be ready to screen and use in your yard in 6 months.

Avoid Composting

• Dog or cat manure (can carry disease transmittable to humans)
• Meat, milk, bones, cheese, fish, bread or oily kitchen wastes (can attract undesirable varmints)
• Grass or plant material treated with herbicide
• Invasive plants(like ivy) or weeds unless thoroughly sun-dried