https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:41:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1489054 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:29:34 +0000 Mommy Finger 1489054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandparents have the open pile like @looch: but my mom uses a bin. I plan on doing this at some point when I get a good garden going but not sure that will be this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1488284 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 06:43:52 +0000 looch 1488284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an open pile, I don't really know how to explain it, but it's more of a mesh enclosure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1488057 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:57:42 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1488057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In Portland I composted with worms in a plastic bin. Since we moved to Louisiana we composted with a tumbler which I think is the easiest option. But I felt like it attracted cockroaches so I stopped. :-/ My friend does it and says she doesn't have a problem though. I just don't take the chance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1488023 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:35:53 +0000 808love 1488023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drilled holes at the bottom of our plastic storage bins. Worms, old food and newspaper strips are in there. We go through it every 4 months or so. Love to get that black gold for our garden. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487845 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:19:04 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1487845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We compost! We have a geobin. I kinda chop it up only once a month or so...when it needs it. Really it seems so intimidating and then when you start it's like, the easiest thing. Just sorta look at it, see if stuff is moving along, does it smell good....if not, stir/chop!</p> <p>BTW: geobin is only 28$! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487828 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:10:59 +0000 sandy 1487828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Chipmunk: I've seen the ones that you can rotate on an axis at costco </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487714 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:26:47 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1487714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Mr LOVES his compost bin. Loves it.</p> <p>We've got one of the black bins that is open on the bottom. We tore up the grass where the bin sits, so the compost has contact with the bare soil- apparently it's really critical to get the compost exposed to the bacteria that is in the ground already. Worms also crawl up into the compost and that helps a lot.</p> <p>He treats the compost pile as a hobby of sorts (or rather, as a part of his general gardening hobby). We live in an area that gets really hot during the summer, and scraps don't last long in that environment! Even during spring and fall, you can feel the heat radiating off of the side of the bin! It's pretty cool.</p> <p>Also, the neighbors send their kids over to put their scraps in the bin, and the 4 year old next door has been daring his friends to go up and peek inside "the zombie compost". Things can look a little gnarly when they're decomposing, apparently! It's become the cool new neighborhood game. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487516 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:31:00 +0000 snowjewelz 1487516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will have to ask DH what he does... All I know is we have a bin for it I'm the backyard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487513 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:28:28 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1487513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We compost in a big plastic trash bin that the previous owners left in the yard (we drilled holes in it). We just till it occasionally with a little pitchfork we got from MIL. Sometimes getting the consistency is tough and we'll have to supplement with some fertilizer/soil to get it back to being wet/hot enough. I put the composted stuff in my raised beds when we till them under and get ready to replant. Then just start the compost pile again.</p> <p>I looked into some of the rotating compost bins, but my option was free so it won out :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487512 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:28:20 +0000 Mrs. Chipmunk 1487512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BLUESTRIPED BEE yeah, i currently throw my compostables in my yard waste bin for the city, but i figure i might as well make good use of what i'm throwing out! i'm not a huge gardener, but i like to plant herbs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487507 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:26:45 +0000 PurplePeony 1487507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also in Seattle, so we do city-mandated composting. The rules are pretty different for backyard composting because the big municipal composters work super quickly to break down stuff you can't put in your backyard pile/barrel. I do remember seeing something like you're describing at a garden show once, but I'm not sure what it's called...sorry I can't be of more help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487499 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:23:19 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1487499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried it once, but didn't keep up with it. You have to be very good about turning it often, and layering dry with wet. Also animals can get into it if you put food scraps in. The City of Seattle takes it for us (and sells it back, yay), so that is good enough for me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487483 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:13:55 +0000 BSB 1487483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We compost food and yard scraps but it's not done in my yard. My waste management company dropped off a food waste bin and we pay for them to pick up our compost every week. </p> <p>Since we are renting, I'm not sure if I will have to get approval to start an in yard compost. I'm actually a little glad that a local waste company picks up our compost.</p> <p>If I owned a house, I would consider composting in my own yard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-anyone-compost#post-1487472 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:07:06 +0000 Mrs. Chipmunk 1487472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've been wanting to compost for years but never got around to it, and the super large bins that sit in the yard that you have to till yourself have always daunted me. are there easier options? i remember looking into things that you could rotate on an axis.... </p>