Composting Made Fun with Katrina McMillian-Zaph

Tips on how to get started:

· Ideal space – 3’ x 3’ x 3’

· Open compost pile is best in partial shade

· Soil layered with ½ Brown & ½ Green

· Trying to reach that perfect ratio of 30 to 1 – Carbon to Nitrogen

ADD
· Leaves

· Grass Clippings

· Coffee Grinds

· Vegetable Peels

· Egg Shells

· Straw

· Pine Needles

· Newspaper

* Carboard

· Fireplace ashes

· Manure (optional – helps cook it)

· Rule – Turn for texture (more like hummus)

 Rest for more nutrition



Don't Add
Dairy Products

Meat Products

Sugars
· Add water

Usable compost somewhere between 14 days and 3 months

(Like anything, this can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. You can build compost from leaves and grass clippings)