Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Composting additives?

Composting is a 3 to 1 ratio of brown material to green mater or carbon to nitrogen. This balance is very critical. So for every bucket of gr clippings (green, nitrogen), you need 3 buckets of brown (carbon, dead material such as dried leaves, shredded paper, etc.) Kitchen refuse is fine and mostly green. Do not put meat scraps or dairy in this waste. Coffee grounds and tea bags are fine. Your manure is green material so you could have an imbalance right now with your gr clippings and manure. You need to get a lot of brown in the mix.

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