Compost Bins (and Tumbler) Status - Early Fall - October 2024
The leaves are falling from our trees, which means I have to start thinking about what to do with them. My thoughts naturally turn to our compost bins. We have a three-bin setup plus a tumbler to finish that I've used over the years. In normal years, I turn the compost once per year and move it along in the process. The three-bin setup is (from left-to-right) a storage bin (mostly leaves), a semi-mixed bin and a mixed bin. I normally move the finished compost out of the tumbler and re-fill it with the material from the right mixed bin. This year...I didn't do any of that. What is normally pretty 'lazy compost' was even more lazy this year. How did it work out? What do they say? "Nature finds a way." And that's the case with our compost bins. We've seen compression and decomposition in all three bins. And, a full load of BLACK GOLD in our tumbler. Below is the current state of the ...