My first time composting project is working!

shortycake

For over a year i have been researching about composting, but never did it due to fear of not being able to get it to work correctly.  Well about a month ago i decided to just do it! I got my plastic rubbermaid bin, DH drilled lots of air holes, filled it with dead leaves, shredded newspaper and lots of food scraps. Every few days i go outside to 'play' with it. Just the other day i noticed that when i was mixing it, some steam came up and that area was warm! I was so excited (i no, dork!).  Its just so amazing how simple and effective composting is. I hope that anyone reading this that is having any type of fear of starting an outside compost understands that there is nothing to be afraid of. Just give it a try and it will surprise you.

futuremrs.huff

Awesome! Thanks for posting your success, I am also a compost newbie and I hope to start mine very soon. Your post gives me confidence!

gibbonlove

Thanks for the encouragement- I've been thinking about doing this outside this summer.

Lucyboo25

Congrats!! We can appreciate that kind of dorkiness on this board I'm still keeping my fingers crossed on my own project.....

Mrs Manners

Wait until you spot your first worms You'll be doing another happy dance. Ah.....composting milestones.

raineskyy

Thank you! This is totally my fear. I will have a serious talk with DH about seriously starting a compost pile now!!!

Kyle523Nicole

Great job!! Can you post pictures?  I'm hoping to "build" our own composter this spring too!

SuperGreen

Congrats!  I don't get why composting is so scary to some people, it's just letting organic matter rot.  I don't see how it's possible to mess it up, you just can't compost some things (meat, dairy, or oil).  It's fun!  I love composting.  I was in CA visting a friend last week, they have an apartment so they can't compost.  It was so weird to throw kitchen scraps away!

MrsLele

great to hear, I am hoping to start composting soon, so this is encouraging!