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Composting in my 20s vs now, what a difference 15 years makes
Back in 2008 I had this tiny wire bin in my Philly backyard, just tossed in grass clippings and coffee grounds, took almost a year to get anything usable. These days I've got a tumbler that I spin every couple days, got rich dark soil in about 6 weeks last fall. Anyone else notice how much faster the newer bins break stuff down, or is it just my patience wearing thin?
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kai91426d ago
That "patience wearing thin" line got me because honestly I think it's both. Those old wire bins were basically just a pile you looked at for a year while nothing happened, and I spent way too many mornings digging around in there for something that looked like dirt. The tumblers actually work because you're moving the stuff and getting air in it, that's the whole trick, not some magic plastic shell. Six weeks is real too, I get the same out of mine when I keep spinning it and chop stuff up small instead of tossing in whole corn cobs like an animal. So yeah the bins got better, but you also stopped being a rookie who chucked in a whole watermelon and waited.
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