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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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