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- Do find a suitable place to site your compost pile/s.
Don’t site you compost in a place that that puddles form regularly. - Do give your compost protection from the worst of the elements.
Don’t restrict access to the compost for turning. - Do cover the compost with something that insulates the pile.
Don’t cover your compost with polythene or other cover that would stop air and moisture. - Do use non-diseased plant matter from the garden.
Don’t use diseased plant matter from the garden. - Do use weeds from the garden before they have produced seeds, but avoid roots of weeds that may re-sprout from root fragments.
Don’t use weeds that have seeded. - Do shred heavy materials such as branches and twigs.
Don’t large pieces of woody material in the heap; these take too long to break down (compost them separately). - Do turn your pile regularly (every 1-2 weeks) to get oxygen into the pile.
Don’t leave your pile more than a month without turning; compaction will reduce air and cause slow anaerobic decomposition and bad smells. - Do move material from the outside to the inside and from the top to the bottom.
Don’t just turn the surface layers. - Do compost lawn clippings in several thin layers with other materials between the layers.
Don’t put add a thick layer of lawn clipping or autumn leaves. - Do check the moisture of your compost pile; if its dry add green stuff (e.g. leaves), if its wet and slimy add dry brown stuff (e.g. wood shavings, hay).
Don’t let your pile get very wet or very dry; it should be moist and steamy in the middle. - Do keep your pile insulated in cold weather.
Don’t let the compost get cold. - Do worry about rats burrowing in the compost pile.
Don’t worry about earthworms and insects in the pile.
We have to look after our planet, this is a step