Posted in Protager Gardening
I have some real live friends who are going to have a go at making compost for their garden rather exciting I think.We use large plastic bins - cos well that's what we have & they work fine. But one day we would like a nice three bin open compost - they do take up more room which again is ok for us - but small gardens use the plastic bins they are fine.
To make compost - well how I make it & thankfully their is no 100% correct way - if you have been reading my blog you will of worked out I am not a rule follower....
Put in any thing you have - here I have ash from wood fire, clippings from Abbey's herb garden, kitchen scraps everything except onions. I put in citrus peel - green leafy scraps go to chooks. So for my compost I only have tea bags, egg shells, fruit skins. - But I can get some greens from grabbing a scrap bag from local shops - just ask for rabbit scraps & they willing give me boxes of scraps. I share them out with the animals & my compost - good fast way to get your compost bin going.
Grass clippings can be added - so can hair ask your hairdresser to keep a bag full.
Here i took the top layer of compost from my other bin - somehow my bin that was brewing got fed scraps. My helpers have been putting scraps in wrong bin. So I just shoveled it over to new brew.
rip up some strips of newspapers - I don't put the glossy shiny ones in just newspaper - rip away very soothing if you are grumpy, not that I was but mmm something I need to remember.
Some home grown sheep poop -
And another bucket - including horse mushrooms I found in paddock too - anything really can go in a compost - not human ,cat or dog waste nor meat or dairy. You can even buy horse or sheep poop from the side of the road - but local friends feel free to walk in the paddock - but keep an eye on & your backside away from Geraldine & Molly! (goose & goat).
Water your compost well - poke some holes down the side & center to let the water get in. Brent even turns it for me. Pop your lid on - Keep adding to it until near full. Don't forget ask at shops for their vege scraps.
After all the fun you will get
AND HEAPS OF WORMS TO PUT IN YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN
Caro with her litter,we always have a litter of kittens in our home! 
Some of our Sheep & this years lambs; won’t tell you which are going in pot
