Two years ago I started composting the cut grass from the lawnmower and occasionally some thin twigs and leaves. “Composting” as in dining it all in a cheap plastic compost container without any bottom.

In my head worms and other things would find their way there and start munching away.

In reality the end result was dry cut grass cakes and twigs. So this spring we got rid of the contents.

So … What beginners guide to easy composting do you recommend.

I would like to start easy and in a distant future, if all goes well now, I might get an isolated container for leftover food and scrap. But that seems very distant right now.

  • mercurly
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    11 months ago

    Cheapest and messiest: pile on the ground.

    Cheap and contained: pallets or chicken wire.

    Expensive but easy and not ugly: a kit like this https://greenesfence.com/collections/cedar-composter

    Skip the tumblers unless you’re really not ready to commit to a location in your yard. I ended up giving mine away a year into it.