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1.) Pick A Good Spot For Your New Compost

The document provides instructions for starting a compost pile or bin by choosing a location that receives sun, collecting food scraps and yard waste to add alternating layers of greens and browns, and maintaining aerobic conditions through occasional turning or mixing to avoid odors and produce nutrient-rich soil to improve the environment and food supply. Tips are given for container options, acceptable materials, and addressing odors through aeration.

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1.) Pick A Good Spot For Your New Compost

The document provides instructions for starting a compost pile or bin by choosing a location that receives sun, collecting food scraps and yard waste to add alternating layers of greens and browns, and maintaining aerobic conditions through occasional turning or mixing to avoid odors and produce nutrient-rich soil to improve the environment and food supply. Tips are given for container options, acceptable materials, and addressing odors through aeration.

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let's start your compost today!

Top soil loss is one of the major environmental issues we're facing.

If you're eating you most likely have food scraps. Turn these resources back
into nutrient rich soil and in turn to more nutrient rich food. Everyone can do
their part.

So how do we start?

1.) Pick a good spot for your new compost.

Pick a spot that is in the sun most of the time, and one that is close to the
kitchen. Think zone 1 energy planning, idea is to minimise distance and
increase functions done with each action. Near the bins, herb tea gardens or
chooks is perfect, so you can do other things while taking out scraps for
compost.

2.) What kind of compost bin to use?

Easiest is you get a big black recycled plastic composting bin (open bottom,
closed top, with opening lid). You can find them at your local warehouse.

The black colour helps keep it hot and closed to keep from rats, cockroaches
and other unwanted visitors. Best to avoid vented or open bins for suburbia.

Once area chosen, the black bin base can be dug into the ground a few cm to
hide smells and create a barrier for creatures entering. Otherwise you can just
choose a designated area and just start a pile.

Magazines are full of articles on how to build a wooden bay construction but


this is not necessary and the freedom to be able to move compost heap
around and the ease of rotating a compost heap with a pile has many
advantages.

Please remember: the goal is to make beautiful soil for your plants not a
beautiful compost bin. We'll show you some compost super charge tricks in
full PDC course ;)

3.) What to put in my compost?


1. GREENS (high in nitrogen) - Fruit & Vegetable Scraps

2. BROWNS (high in carbon) - Dried leaves, natural paper bags & cardboard


- unprinted and natural if possible

Store your food scraps in a smaller kitchen container and take it out daily.

ANOTHER TIP: Worms love coffee grounds! But don't throw in too spicy or
acidic stuff, that will scare them away - so don't throw in too many lemons or
chilli leftovers ;)

4.) What to do if it smells

If your bin gets to compacted or wet (no air) it may become anaerobic (without
oxygen) and begin to smell. This is natural and it will still break down into
compost, but will take longer. and smell.

Aerobic composting requires constant supply of moisture and air (just like us),
one of best ways to do this is to rotate every few days with a fork (for a heap)
or auger for a bin and add a little water if it drys out. The air encourages
aerobic bacteria which tend not to smell and create compost quicker.... When
it is all broken down you should have a fluffy rich soil.

Alright, time to produce some fresh top soil!

More advanced tips in our Permaculture course:


https://www.permaculturecourseonline.com/pdc/

Let us know how you go, send your compost pics!

Cheers,
Ian and Konrad

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