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How to Use Your Home Built Tumble Composter to Create Rich Compost  
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Tags: Composter, Compost, Tumble Composter, Rich Compost, Landscaping, Gardening

A tumbling composter will quickly create rich compost if you you feed it the right ingredients!

1.	Choose a warm sunny spot to put the tumbler. The compost will break down much quicker if it is warmed by the sun.
2.	Save your vegetable kitchen scraps to add to the tumbler, avoid adding the seeds of vegetables (see tips).
3.	Adding grass clippings and other non-woody garden waste is essential (see tips).
4.	The contents of the composter need to be moist but not wet. Grab a handful and if you can squeeze water from it -- it is too moist - add dry manure or grass clippings, tumble, leave for a week and test again. Similarly, if too dry, avoiding adding grass and dry materials and just add vegetable matter until moist.
5.	Tumble your composter at least once a week. When you do turn it over, tumble slowly a number of times and allow the contents to mix.
6.	In a composter that is working well, the contents should feel warm to the touch.
7.	If your composter is smelly, add a handful of garden lime or dolomite.
8.	Don't overfill the tumbler - try and only fill 2/3's to 3/4's full at anytime. You will find the contents compact as they decay. Work on a 2-3 month cycle from starting a load to emptying it onto your garden.
9.	Depending on how well you balance the moisture level in the tumbler, you will get 2 or 3 loads of rich compost a season.

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