my dad says not to compost eggshells as they attract the rats. thoughts?! we get through so many eggs as a family im keen to compost them

Will be overseeding soon. If i use compost as topdress, how lond does it take to break down into topsoil? Black Kow manure compost. Thanks!

And refilled the bin up to get ready for breaking down the veggie beds and fall leaves

I’ve always had a compost pile. Mostly chicken poop and vegetable scraps grass etc. my back yard is acres of wood chips which I was recently grading and noticed how rich it was beneath them after they’ve been sitting for about five years so put prolly fifty scoops with the tractor on the compost pile. Mixing the existing dirt thoroughly. Any advice of things to add or just keep turning it every now and again and let it run its course

I have a double barrel compost tumbler and I started the first side about 6 weeks ago (i think). This is what is looks like right now.

Context:
-Once it looked about 2/3rds or 3/4ths of the way full I stopped adding more scraps although I did recently add some dead leaves cus I thought it seemed pretty wet and was worried I didn’t put enough browns in. (
-Most of the brown material I use is torn up paper and cardboard.
-I live in southern california and we have been getting hot weather recently
-I spin it every few days and in the beginning I was misting it every once in a while but I don’t anymore.

It feels quite thick and muddy. It doesn’t smell bad but it definitely doesn’t have that neutral dirt smell I read it is supposed to have; still smells a little bit stinky.

Since this is my first time doing this, I just want to make sure I’m on the right track. How does it look so far? Does it need more brown materials?

It’s been 25 days. Chicken poop, run pine shavings and garden scraps. It was HOT! Does it look done?

So this spring we moved into a new house on a biggish property, and I had to confront my confusion and fears about composting. I wanted to do it, but had no idea how and was confused by the internet guides. eventually I just had to start a heap since I had so much yard waste while converting the space into native gardens

I am SO proud that 4 months later the heap is HOT on the inside and cooking! Some trial and error, but honestly very little error. I turn it 1-2x per week.

I did a big full turnover last week and was thrilled that it appears all of my summer‘s veggie and kitchen scraps had fully decomposed!

My compost is just an open heap with a bed of crossed branches and twigs under it for air flow. I only compost uncooked veggies, grass clippings, leaves, wood, pine needles, egg cartons etc. So far it hasn’t attracted any pests or rodents, and doesn’t smell at all. I want to make sure that it stays that way going into cooler weather though. I’m sure that our hot summer with lots of days over 90F helped heat it up. It’s in the shade of a maple, but gets plenty of rainfall as well for moisture.

Any advice welcome!

My neighbor’s young walnut has starting asserting its domain, meaning this was the year that my pepper starts all died and half of my tomatoes as well. I don’t have a large space, so I was thinking that I could put some new compost bins along the fence nearest to that tree. Would the compost be contaminated with juglone as well?

Need some help with my compost pit. How do I get it nice and hot? Tips on making it better.

I’ve got some really crazy shit in here. It’s bubbling this morning. It may be too moist

i know someone that has a business picking up compost for 20 bucks a month, mostly restaurants and cafeterias, but since i’m kinda gonna do the same i’ve been around some cafeterias picking up some waste, and i get probably 10 buckets of coffee grounds, kitchen waste.. etc, weekly. but since i’m new into this, is it morally acceptable to charge for picking up waste?

Mijn buren heb twee compostbakken en deze beginnen de laatste weken enorm te stinken. Wij ruiken het al van een 3 meter afstand. Er is wel een hek tussen ons en de buren maar deze komt niet veel hoger dan de hoogte van de hun compostbakken. Ik wil er misschien wel iets voor plaatsen maar weet niet zo goed wat. Heeft er iemand een idee wat ik kan doen tegen deze geur?

So I’ve been doing lots of hardcore guerrilla gardening on my street in NYC growing plants in areas that receive a lot of street run off presumably with petroleum and tire dust. I’m wondering if it’s safe to compost the copious amounts of excess biomass along with my home compost? My concern is that sometimes I use this compost for my vegetable garden or cannabis plants. I don’t want to be ingesting any heavy metals, lead, arsenic, human feces juice, etc. do you guys think this is a valid concern?

Edit: I’m currently putting this plant biomass into the city’s “compost” bin which just gets turned into biogas and some of it is simply flared. So looking for a way to use it for a more valuable purpose. Mulching it in place may be maxing out the capacity of the beds at this point.

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hi! is there a minimum kg needed (assume that it is well mixed and shredded C:N ratio for the compost to work properly)? we are planning to put it in in vessel aerated static pile and we can only cater atleast 10-20kg for bench scale testing

thank you!

Not sure I'm posting in the right place but going to give it a try. I have a large kitchen compost pile in my back yard, mixed with wood chips for browns. The food is mostly still recognizable, i.e. it is not yet compost!

My garden got completely hammered with weeds this year and I need to do something differently. My plan is till up the soil/clover/copious weeds once I pull all my garden plants, cover with a layer of my kitchen pile, then cover with a layer of either brown paper bags or cardboard. I'd till everything all together in April.

I live in an area that receives ~30 inches of rain between November and March, and rarely freezes.

Will this help the weed situation? Will my compost turn to actual compost during that time?

Clearly I'm a novice. This was my first time gardening in-ground and I can not believe the amount of weeds. They are WAY too numerous to pull.

Thanks!

I’m planning to build an RCC ring composting system for dead poultry birds and made this basic design based on my current understanding.
I would really appreciate advice from agriculture, poultry, and composting professionals on the design, layer thickness, ventilation, moisture, drainage, and overall setup.
What would you change or improve in this design?
Any practical suggestions or experience would be very helpful.

Pulled this out of my tumbler because the other half is full. I’d like to use this for my fall planting but I can’t for another few weeks. What should I do with it until then? It’s pretty wet because it’s been raining nonstop and will continue. I threw the lid on it for now but I imagine it needs to breathe?

Does anyone know what these guys are? Some of them seem dead but some are moving. They're all on the inside of my compost as well. I rotated my tumbler up and found a stalactite of them.

Does this look done to y’all? New to composting. Haven’t added anything new in months but still doesn’t look fully broken down

My hopes are not high at this moment. I want to start composting but my arms hurt like hell after cutting up one box. I want it all to stay dry. I can spend $100+ but I don't want my money wasted once it breaks and I have to return it.