Today, I am taking a journey of composting for the year of 2014 and sharing it in this blog. The blog will have many changes and hopefully improvements throughout the year.
This is my compost pile. It is January 29, 2014 and I haven't done anything to it since raking leaves on it last fall. I read online that during the winter it is best to leave your compost pile alone, so you don't turn in the cold outside to the inside and in turn move the hopefully warm center to the outside. I like to turn my compost pile quite regularly, I feel. Here are 2 pictures of my compost pile. The leaves were piled high last fall - above the middle part of the fence. It has reduced in size almost by half.
I got out the shovel and turned the pile. It wasn't really warm inside. It is dryer than I thought it would be after having many inches of snow on it for winter. Turning it introduced some air into it and that it is Carbon heavy, the leaves, and will need to have some Nitrogen (grass clippings, vegetable and fruit scraps, etc.) and Water added for a better C:N ratio.
