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Compost 101: Don't Start a Garden Without It!
Green Lifestyle  (tags: gardening, organic gardening, compost, composting, starting a compost pile, eco-friendly, vegetables, garden tips, sustainability, recycling )

Megan
- 233 days ago - eatdrinkbetter.com
No garden would be complete without its own natural recycling system, a compost pile. Without a way of dealing with compost, weeds and scraps are waste. But why create more trash when you can turn your garden and kitchen waste into valuable soil-building
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Elvira S. (43)
Sunday April 5, 2009, 7:30 pm
Call me silly, but I'm afraid to stick a fork into my compost bin in fear of stabbing the worms, can I just leave it to decompose naturally? I live in a fairly rainy, mild climate.
 

Megan Prusynski (6)
Thursday June 25, 2009, 4:30 pm
You can definitely leave compost to just do it's thing. It will just take a bit longer than if you had turned it. I would start multiple piles so you're not constantly adding to the pile as it's breaking down - have one pile to add to, one to leave alone after it's full until it decomposes.
 
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