Compost bin confession after 30 years of dumping scraps
I finally realized last month that I was tossing my kitchen scraps into a lidded plastic bin that basically turned everything into a slimy mess. My neighbor Maria in Tacoma let me peek at her open pile with the brown stuff layered in, and the difference was night and day. I had been choking my compost with too much green waste and zero airflow, so now I mix in shredded cardboard from the mail pile every other day. Has anyone else had that embarrassing moment where a simple backyard setup beat your fancy $150 tumbler?