Unknown asks:
I’ve been thinking about one of these guys. Just curious about the odor. Also, what happens in the winter? Does it just turn into a block of ice?
Thanks so much for your comment! I highly recommend the tumbler style for composting. It’s easy to use and makes quick work of whatever you put in it.
If you are composting correctly, there is no smell. Things start to smell when you have too much green matter. Green matter is your kitchen scraps, grass clippings, wet things. You need to balance things out with brown matter. Brown matter is dried leaves, paper, toilet paper tubes, paper towels and tubes, tissues, napkins, cardboard, pizza box (greasy or not), dry things. You don’t want to put glossy paper like magazine paper into your compost due to the ink. You want a mixture of two parts brown matter to one part green matter. Compost is pretty forgiving, so you don’t have to be exact. If it seems really wet or starts to smell, add some brown. If you notice it isn’t breaking down very fast or seems dry, add some green.
Before Old Man Winter shows his ugly face, make sure to empty out your compost as much as possible. Continue to compost as you normally would, even if the compost is frozen. With the changes in temperature, it will go through freeze and thaw cycles many times, which actually accelerates the decomposition process.
Thanks again for the great questions and comment!
-Betty
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