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1. You’ll need a ideal compost bin

2. Finding a location for your bin, try to find a ideal spot that is level and well drained that is easily accessible. 

3. Adding good composting materials such as leaves, hay, straw and paper also, green materials such as grass clippings, fresh manure, vegetable trimmings and most green plant cuttings.

4. Do not add to your compost, adding some items such as, veggie fats and dairy products will slow down the composting process by excluding the oxygen that helpful organisms need to do their job. 

5. Making a great compost, thick as if making a giant layer cake! Well, not exactly but you will soon see what we mean. Start with a 4 inch layer of brush, twigs, hay or straw at the bottom of the bin. Then add a 4 inch layer of brown material, then a thin layer of finished compost or good garden soil. That's one layer. Then add a 4 inch layer of green material topped with a thin layer of compost or soil. Moisten each layer by spraying it lightly with your garden hose. Keep adding materials in alternating layers of greens and browns until the bin is full. Once you have a full bin you can turn the pile every 14 days or so. The more you turn the pile the faster you will have finished compost.

Good luck and happy composting!

Learn more at: 

http://www.compost-info-guide.com/beginner_guide.htm

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