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From the lens Get Started with a Home Compost Bin.

Will Rogers had humor that often made for serious thought. During the Dust bowl the country's topsoil blew all the way to the Atlantic ocean.

This saying from Will Rogers works today. "They're making more people everyday-but they ain't making any dirt."

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  • Tipi Mar 24, 2012 @ 10:45 pm | delete
    Nice to stop by again because I saw this awesome lens featured on the front page! :)
  • Icyflames Mar 24, 2012 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    I'm a recycling fanatic! This is a great lens, good job!
  • karanta Mar 23, 2012 @ 1:52 pm | delete
    Last year we started making our first own compost and it's so great to use it in the garden now :)
  • flycatcher Mar 23, 2012 @ 9:50 am | delete
    Composting is great because it is one of the few clearcut ways to do somethng right in this world - turn waste into valuable stuff that we'd otherwise have to go buy! I picked the "backyard pile" choice in your poll, but I've actually got two black bins (for food waste that might attract animals), a worm bin (for indoors/winter), and a backyard pile for garden debris. Yeh, just a little compost-obsessed over here. :) *blessed*
  • paperfacets Mar 30, 2012 @ 5:38 pm | delete
    I am glad to hear about all the ways your household composts. That is having it together and reusing, for sure.
  • juliavm Mar 23, 2012 @ 2:46 am | delete
    My dad has a compost bin. I like the idea, but it stinks...literally. Which makes my mom hates it. Lol.
  • siobhanryan Mar 22, 2012 @ 1:50 pm | delete
    You make this sound very easy. I am going to give it a try.
  • 82ndAirborneMedic Mar 22, 2012 @ 12:30 pm | delete
    Great lens! My wife and I are going to begin composting, and your info will be a big help!
  • lasertek Mar 21, 2012 @ 8:26 pm | delete
    I have a compost pit in my backyard. It is good to know that other people are doing the same.
  • GrammaLinda Mar 21, 2012 @ 12:42 pm | delete
    We are planning to get our garden started earlier this year. This information is helpful. Thanks!
  • getmoreinfo Mar 20, 2012 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    This is a great lens I like the information and will be coming back to read more of your work.
  • Skylermeyer2012 Mar 19, 2012 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    Compost Bin is an excellent way to Enhancing the soil quality and Reducing waste output. I am usually segregate out waste at home into biodegradable and non-biodegradable.. Thanks for sharing this useful lens. Liked!.
  • scraps2treasures Mar 19, 2012 @ 9:35 am | delete
    Great lens! We have a compost tumbler. I only wish I had 2 so I could be letting one cook while filling the other.
  • zvous Mar 19, 2012 @ 8:55 am | delete
    In Indonesia, some people still do in traditional ways to make compost. they dig a hole, err... about 1m x 2m x 50cm depth. and then put the compost material there. cover it with some plastic. wait for 2-3 weeks. and then the compost is ready.
  • lawrence01 Mar 2, 2012 @ 8:20 pm | delete
    Great lens, I already use a number of methods for composting (compost and worm farms) but I'm putting together a lens on how to start a veggie patch. I'd like to refer people to your lens for composting if that's OK?
  • Dimplefree Dec 11, 2011 @ 6:08 am | delete
    I'm all for recycling in any form, compost bins are a great asset in the garden, good lens.
  • Tipi Sep 18, 2011 @ 9:50 am | delete
    Very well done and what a great way to improve out environment with what we would otherwise just throw away, composting is a great earth friendly activity that yields great rewards in our gardens.
    Squidoo must like this, my security word is 'megagood', I guess that's the final word!
  • jwncoexists Sep 4, 2011 @ 2:55 pm | delete
    Great lens! Very helpful for me as I am new to composting!
  • Graceonline Aug 27, 2011 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Loved finding this today. Thanks for all the info! Since I live in a city apartment with not even a window box for a garden, I picked "bin" in your last poll because we save our compost for the green waste truck that comes a couple times a week. Hope that counts! Btw, I'd love to see the pic you reference in the module "Finished Compost."
  • CannyGranny Aug 15, 2011 @ 4:36 am | delete
    This is terrific! I've been looking fir a good composting resource
  • smithlights Aug 4, 2011 @ 12:51 am | delete
    Wonderful lens. Very well written!
  • pawpaw911 Jun 7, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    Interesting lens. I compost, but i do it the old fashioned way. I may go higher tech after reading this. Thanks.
  • magicgeniewishlist Apr 5, 2011 @ 5:45 am | delete
    You have some fantastic information here, thanks. I so need one of these for my new house!
  • blackspanielgallery Apr 2, 2011 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    Nice lens. I joined your fan club.
  • UKGhostwriter Apr 2, 2011 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    great information - thank you!
  • aesta1 Mar 26, 2011 @ 7:45 pm | delete
    Enjoyed reading your lens and learning from it, too.
  • nichevalue Mar 10, 2011 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    Excellent information on composting. Thanks!
  • poutine Mar 4, 2011 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    This lens certainly deserves a Purple Star.
  • jackiebolen Feb 27, 2011 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    Some excellent tips...well done!
  • ChrisDay Feb 26, 2011 @ 3:20 am | delete
    Favourited
  • ChrisDay Feb 26, 2011 @ 3:19 am | delete
    Such an important topic - well done for airing it so well and congratulations on that Purple Star.
  • Don_McCyclist Feb 10, 2011 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    Thank you! Compost is amazing (I'll forgo a word that might put a G-rating on your lens in question). Though it might be other critters' (worms, grubs, microbes) waste, when I grab a handful of it and breathe in, I feel a thrill--this is real, whole dirt, and something in my nose knows this is one wonderful reward from the rotten stuff I put in. Composting can change our lives as we watch natural processes work instead of regarding everything as a waste disposal problems for more petroleum-burning solutions and that euphemisery: LANDFILL. Keep on rottin' and rollin'!
  • Don_McCyclist Feb 10, 2011 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    Thank you! Compost is amazing (I'll forgo a word that might put a G-rating on your lens in question). Though it might be other critters' (worms, grubs, microbes) waste, when I grab a handful of it and breathe in, I feel a thrill--this is real, whole dirt, and something in my nose knows this is one wonderful reward from the rotten stuff I put in. Composting can change our lives as we watch natural processes work instead of regarding everything as a waste disposal problems for more petroleum-burning solutions and that euphemisery: LANDFILL. Keep on rottin' and rollin'!
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 11, 2010 @ 8:51 am | delete
    I wanted to get worms, but couldn't find them, I used a bin and it turned out to be mess, and now I am in a townhouse.

    Next time I will get worms!
  • VincentEllis Nov 8, 2010 @ 8:27 am | delete
    I love the idea household composting, just think of the difference we could make if every household in the world had a bin!
  • huvalbd Nov 5, 2010 @ 5:55 am | delete
    Good, informative lens. Thanks for publishing it!

    Here in the UK, many local Councils make a deal with a vendor so people can buy plastic composters at a deep discount. We got black plastic compost bins where we lived before, but lack a good spot for one here--so, with a Council discount, we are trying Bokashi bins for kitchen waste and an outdoor pile for the rest. Bokashi bins aren't really smell-less, so ours is in the garage, not the kitchen. But digging the gunk from the first batch into poor soil seems to have turned that soil around. Plants are happy there now.
  • ICanCook Nov 4, 2010 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    I'm a gardener too and I love using compost. Now I just pile up stuff and turn it a few times a year, but it always so hard to turn, I wish I would just get one of those nifty composter. Maybe I will.
  • MarkUpshaw Oct 30, 2010 @ 9:16 pm | delete
    Good lens. I am using a bin for fresh material and a pit for older material, the pit seems to be faster, and of course, I have more earthworms for fishing.
  • Magicality Oct 26, 2010 @ 1:39 am | delete
    My next home will have a garden & a compost pile or bin!
  • emmalarkins Oct 21, 2010 @ 9:12 pm | delete
    Great info! At my parent's house, we have plenty of land, and so just have a big pile - but the composting isn't very efficient, as you can imagine! Blessed by a Squidoo Angel :)
  • vallain Oct 10, 2010 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    I'd like to get back to composting. It is wonderful for my garden. too bad I've let it slide.
  • Mujjen Oct 9, 2010 @ 8:07 am | delete
    I wanted to have a nice compost bin, not just a big, smelly pile. Great info!
  • Beautiful-Bridal Sep 25, 2010 @ 7:10 am | delete
    I have been wanting to try this for a long time. Thanks for all the great information!
  • CDT Sep 10, 2010 @ 4:27 am | delete
    I had a compost bin in my old house...I need to stop being lazy and get one here! Thanks for inspiring me - blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • KimGiancaterino Sep 8, 2010 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    My neighbor went ballistic when I had a load of garden mulch dropped off a few days ago. The smell is too earthy for him, I guess. We usually get mulch from Griffith Park, but this was about 15 truckloads worth. Anyway, I'm frantically spreading it around the garden before my neighbor blows a gasket. Yes, it's great for the soil and the plants. Nicely done!
  • naturegirl7 Sep 8, 2010 @ 2:22 pm | delete
    Composting is the way to go. It's good for your garden and for the environment.
  • LindaJM Sep 7, 2010 @ 7:55 am | delete
    I'm a big believer in compost. It is amazing to see how beautiful the new soil is after a few months.
  • ohcaroline Sep 5, 2010 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Great article on the subject. I am a condo dweller so at the present time have no need for composting. I had a friend who did this in her back yard and had the most beautiful black soil and plants as a result.
  • LisaAuch Sep 3, 2010 @ 3:30 pm | delete
    I started composting last year, and this year my homemade compost was used to grow all my seeds in. It is the best compost EVER, and my flowers are still blooming even in September! Great resource
  • JaguarJulie Jun 18, 2010 @ 4:05 pm | delete
    You have done a very nice presentation and creativity on the step by step instructions. Kudos on the purple star ... looking good my dear!
  • khael Jun 6, 2010 @ 4:52 pm | delete
    Now I'm getting ideas for a composting bin project. one more item to add to the to-do list... :))
  • aesta1 Apr 26, 2010 @ 9:54 pm | delete
    Here in Cambodia, there is the Voucher Skills Training Program of the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and they started the communes on composting. Those involved sell their compost in the market as fertilizer. The communes engaged in this got really clean as most of the waste go to the compost.
  • carredsal Apr 14, 2010 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Great Lens I can learn from you......Thanks for the info!!!!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Feb 11, 2010 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    My mother has a great compost bin. I should get one. I know they are more effecient, but I"m used to piling it on the ground... It's hard to break old habits.
    Thanks for sharig
    Lizzy
  • aj2008 Dec 17, 2009 @ 7:18 am | delete
    Congratulations on being nominated for a Giant Squid Award - thoroughly deserved!
  • kimmanleyort Dec 4, 2009 @ 8:18 pm | delete
    Revisiting to say congratulations on your nominations. This is an excellent lens!
  • BarbRad Dec 2, 2009 @ 2:39 am | delete
    I have one worm compost bin and then I also compost with a pile. I know it never gets hot enough, but it sure grows great weeds around it. And it definitely shrinks. I just need to water it more. Thanks for the tips.
  • prosperity66 Nov 29, 2009 @ 6:01 am | delete
    Wonderful lens and great tips! I'm going to buy such materials - wanted to start long ago but never took the time to go through the entire process.
    Thanks for such great lens.
    Congratulations on your 2009 Giant Squid Awards!
    Dom.
  • LeanneChesser Nov 28, 2009 @ 11:32 am | delete
    Excellent lens about composting! Congrats on your nomination for the 2009 Giant Squid Awards!
  • mysticmama Nov 27, 2009 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    We've composted for years...it's a great way to reuse food that would normally be thrown away. Wonderful lens...Blessed!
  • paperfacets Nov 28, 2009 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    mysticmama,
    Yes I like the advantage of having somewhere to put all those kitchen scraps. I think the eastern dwellers compost more than the bungaloid neighborhoods of fenced yards. I am glad to hear that you are doing this easy practice.
  • aj2008 Nov 26, 2009 @ 6:03 am | delete
    This is an excellent "green ideas" lens all about composting.

    Angel blessings from a "green" Angel!
  • kimmanleyort Oct 12, 2009 @ 7:55 am | delete
    I have one but think I need to move it to get more sun. I really need to get another one too because when it's full I have to wait quite awhile before I can empty it and start again. You've given me some useful tips here.
  • charlino Oct 11, 2009 @ 2:33 pm | delete
    This is a very good lens, and one that the earth will always thank you for.
  • rms Oct 11, 2009 @ 9:13 am | delete
    Fantastic!
  • susannaduffy Aug 19, 2009 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    I have 3 bins, they've fed my garden for 15 years. Lovely stuff :)
  • Craftyville Aug 4, 2009 @ 6:48 am | delete
    Great eco friendly tips!
  • spirituality Jul 14, 2009 @ 8:19 am | delete
    Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
  • Ramkitten Jul 7, 2009 @ 2:39 am | delete
    Great job! We used to do a LOT of composting. For years, everything that could be composted was turned into dirt. Now that we've moved back to Flagstaff, we're not composting at all, I'm afraid. But we've recently been talking about starting up again. Your lens has inspired me even more to get on the stick.
  • ss834 Jun 25, 2009 @ 5:22 pm | delete
    Like Senora_M I think I'm doing mine all wrong. Plus whenever I throw food out we have fire ants that come and eat it all up! Ayyyee.
    I love your lens! Very nice layout and great information. :)
  • Senora_M Jun 14, 2009 @ 7:57 pm | delete
    We just started a compost pile and I'm pretty sure we're doing it all wrong. I haven't looked at it in months!!
  • AppalachianCountry May 6, 2009 @ 9:23 am | delete
    Great lens. We appreciate all the good tips. We believe in composting.
  • a_willow Apr 19, 2009 @ 4:09 am | delete
    This lens got an angel's thumbs up! Good work! :)
  • hlkljgk Apr 18, 2009 @ 11:36 am | delete
    i love composting, although i am a lazy composter. but if you're in no rush, no biggie. it'll be black gold sooner or later. :)
  • db49 Apr 12, 2009 @ 3:52 pm | delete
    First of all, I wanted to thank you and your "Lensmasters-in-Partnership" for allowing me to join your group...I consider it to be an honor. I also wanted you to know how much I've enjoyed this visit to your lens (I lensrolled and rated it). There is a lot of great composting information on these pages, as well as some links to other intriguing sites that I will certainly be checking out. For now, however, my own lens could use some work. See you again.
  • tandemonimom Apr 3, 2009 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Great lens! Welcome to Best Tips for Homemakers!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Apr 2, 2009 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Growing up on a farm, composting was automatic. It's nature's way of recycling.
    We're finally catching on.
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • Cinetech Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    This is a wonderful way to give back to Earth. Let's all do it!
  • alteredkat Mar 28, 2009 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    5*...great lens...I wanna do this now! :)
    Thanks for visiting my scrabble tile pendant lens recently, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and comment.
  • cjones Mar 25, 2009 @ 8:22 pm | delete
    Very well done, informative and interesting to read. 5*
    CJ
  • TheGreenerMe Mar 22, 2009 @ 10:23 am | delete
    Excellent work, welcome to a Million Ways to Go Green!
  • Mortira Mar 18, 2009 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    Wonderful tips and information. I am waiting - not patiently - for our city to start compost collection, though it may never be available for apartment dwellers. I am planning to start using separate bags for compostable waste in the meantime.
    Welcome to the Green Crusaders!
  • EverythingMouse Mar 18, 2009 @ 7:06 pm | delete
    An excellent lens - and pleased to give you a Squid Angel Blessing
  • luvmyludwig Mar 18, 2009 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    I'm footing this for later. thank you. great lens!
  • C_Cameron Mar 18, 2009 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    Great lens! 5 stars...I bookmarked this lens to come back.
  • Kate-Phizackerley Mar 17, 2009 @ 10:17 pm | delete
    Not my topic but it is a 5* lens
    Kate
  • Ramkitten Mar 17, 2009 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    We used to be die-hard composters when we lived on a farm. I admit we've gotten away from doing it now that we live the non-farm lifestyle, but my husband has been freezing his used coffee grounds to use in compost ... so I guess that means he'll be getting us back into it, which is definitely a good thing. Just takes a little discipline. Anyhow, this is a great lens. Very informative and well done. 5*
  • paperfacets Mar 12, 2009 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Hi Tom,
    I tried home shredder paper again. Putting it in the middle of the tower caused it to disappear in two days. With that I would put both newspaper and household shredder paper in the compost bin. Read your blog. I agree glossy is no good.
    I believe too small does not matter at all with paper. Just remember it is cellulose carbon and keep C:N at 40-60 or 30-70.
  • Thom S. Mar 12, 2009 @ 4:14 pm | delete
    I posted a blog the other day on paper shredding and composting. What is a good size for the paper? Will a crosscut paper shredder cut the paper into too small of pieces for it to be beneficial to the compost?

    Thanks,
    Thom S.

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