You can check on your compost bin every single day and still have problems with your pile. Careful monitoring will allow you to catch these problems early, but you will still have to troubleshoot them to get your compost bin back into shape.
Flies
If you see a large number of flies buzzing around your compost bin, [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening, Self Sufficiency
If you could simply throw your wastes into your compost bin and they magically turned into rich fertilizer overnight, more people would consider putting one of these bins in their backyard. While composting is not difficult, there are a few tips that you can take advantage of to improve the contents of your compost pile!
As [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening, Self Sufficiency
Newbie composters will need to quickly familiarize themselves with two terms: greens and browns. These two items are the fundamental ingredients of your compost pile. The sooner you understand the difference between these two ingredients, the better off your compost pile will be!
Greens
Your green ingredients are going to include the materials that are rich with [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening, Self Sufficiency
The placement of your compost bin is important. Before you decide where to place your compost bin, there are a few things you might want to consider. Proper placement of your bin will improve your chances with this unique waste disposal method.
Conditions
For the best results, it is a good idea to place your bin in [...]
categories: Farming and Gardening, Self Sufficiency
Composting is an essential part of the self sufficient lifestyle. Learning how to master this unique method of waste disposable will prove to be an invaluable skill. Read through Live Self Sufficient’s Composting Guide to learn more about its benefits, as well as useful information that will help you get started!
An introduction to composting
Choosing the [...]
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Okay so now you are thinking about starting your compost pile. Hopefully you are excited because composting can be an entertaining process. The first thing that you need to do is choose which compost bin you want to use. There are several different things you should consider so take your time and develop a list [...]
