Easy Winter Composting!

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Winter composting only sounds intimidating when you live in a cold climate.

KNOW YOUR INGREDIENTS

These are greens

KNOW YOUR INGREDIENTS

These are browns

Step 1

CONSIDER LOCATION. If your main composter or heap is across the yard, make it easier over the winter and get a secondary compost bin.   Keep your secondary bin easy to access. 

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Step 2

CONSIDER SIZE. Keeping a large secondary compost is great BUT. Once it's full it can be a bear to move. We use a 5 gallon bucket. It's big enough to hold 2-3 weeks worth of scraps and small enough to carry to our pile when necessary. 

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Step 3

DIG IT: no, really. Sweep the snow out of the way till you find your last compost additions. 

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Step 4

FILL IT UP! Empty your secondary compost bucket on top of previous additions. 

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Step 5

BURY IT: Once the scraps are added to the pile, recover it with snow. 

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Step 6

DON'T STOP!! Keep on composting to keep those food scraps and waste paper out of landfills, and turn it into healthy soil for use in your own planters, garden and more. .

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