Free Compost

It’s that time of year when everyone starts pottering about in their gardens. The problem is that buying stuff like compost can get pretty expensive. However if you are smart you should be making your own compost. We started composting last year and we’re starting to get a good amount of compost already. However you need to put a lot more organic materials in than you might expect. It all breaks down and compacts, sometimes it feels like it’s never going to end.

One major tip: if you open your compost bin and find that there are loads of flies coming out, it means you’re not putting enough cardboard, paper and wood chips in. If you incread the amount of “dry” matter then you’ll be able to get rid of the flies. I thought were putting in plenty of paper and carboard but it seems not. This has now been addressed.

It might be that you live in an apartment.  I don’t know a lot about indoor composting but I do know that it’s possible.  Sorry, but I can’t help you any more than that.