Is it possible to make compost in a hole or bucket?
Question:im interested in making my own compost for my garden, but i do not want to buy a special compost bin. Can you get the same effect with a hole in the ground or a pot with a lid? any tips besides buying the compost bin?
Answers:
Sure, just pick a place in your garden or yard and start piling the stuff up. You don't need a hole or container. Use yard waste like grass clippings, weeds, etc., and old veggies, fruit, peels, coffee grounds and filters--any waste from the kitchen that doesn't contain grease or meat or bones, but you can use shrimp shells, shredded newspaper and junk mail, leaves. You can cover it with a cheap tarp and hold it down with fire wood or cinder block or other heavy object. Make sure you water it once a week or after you add stuff and turn it a couple times a month with a pitch fork or some such tool.
yes, more so a box, and place in an area where light can heat the compose for decomposing, if you're planning to reuse next year for gardening, also add a layer of leaves or grass between dumps as well,
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yes
I just answered one like this yesterday or today.
Get two crates that milk is shipped in to retailers, put them on cinder blocks, perhaps a shallow pit under, and begin filling with food waste especially, as well as yard waste, though leaves don't decompose very rapidly. The structure of the crates allows areation, allows for you to hose it occassionally keeping it active, and allows that material will sift through as it breaks down. Turn the soil under it on occassion and be patient.
Steven Wolf
Yes. But you wont make very much is all. You will have to toss it like a salad every so often.
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