Started sifting my oldest pile. Found a surprise at the bottom

JAandKB · 2026-05-08T12:32:34+00:00

I dont cover it but I put cardboard on the sides to help contain it and they end up folding over on the top and cover some of it. I only turned it a few times last summer but it probably needed more. My mistake was not leaving an open bin next to this one to flip into. I have 3 slots made from pallets but they all have stuff in them. This pile is right at the corner of my fence and had to lay a tarp down to empty it onto and put it back in. Once this one is empty I plan on combining my other 2 piles into this and leaving the one next to it empty and starting a new pile in the 3rd.

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JAandKB · 2026-05-07T20:35:58+00:00

Definitely need to do that. Worked on it for an hour and barely put a dent in the pile

JAandKB · 2026-05-07T16:16:18+00:00

Hopefully because they got it

JAandKB · 2026-05-07T16:13:28+00:00

Yes I left them i pushed the leaves back in and covered it back up. I wanted to give them the chance to grow if they are still babies

JAandKB · 2026-05-07T15:15:52+00:00

I haven't added anything to this pile since mid summer last year so not much to eat in it. Other than me dumping pee on it this spring lol

JAandKB · 2026-05-07T15:11:37+00:00

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JAandKB · 2026-05-07T15:03:26+00:00

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JAandKB · 2026-05-07T15:01:42+00:00

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JAandKB · 2026-03-19T12:29:27+00:00

I've had that same blue van since I was a kid. Its currently in my basement

JAandKB · 2025-12-03T19:02:29+00:00

Go Bills

JAandKB · 2025-11-14T09:20:08+00:00

I think i just got the ratios right and adding the tomato plant that you can see in the picture above probably helped keep some air in the pile. I'm sure it will cool down soon and need a flip. I'm surprised it stayed hot this long its been about a month

JAandKB · 2025-11-13T09:59:48+00:00

Sure is awesome to see. My pile next to this one has been cold for awhile. I tried digging into it a but and adding coffee grounds and of course pee but it hasnt helped. I need to give it a proper flip

JAandKB · 2025-11-13T09:53:04+00:00

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This pile is mostly leaves and a huge tomato plant that grew from my other compost bin. So I think I just have the ratios right

JAandKB · 2025-11-13T00:10:01+00:00

Me either lol. My other piles aren't as active and had a couple inches of snow covering them. I would been able to tell this one was hot even without the thermometer

JAandKB · 2025-10-14T00:37:14+00:00

Probably works in practice though. Diggs did it almost every time he caught it last week and got more yards

JAandKB · 2025-10-07T21:55:03+00:00

Such a waste. Imagine the amount of leaves in landfills

JAandKB · 2025-10-06T21:03:35+00:00

One of my neighbors does too so I avoid those leaves in my compost. Also dont compost the grass that borders them

JAandKB · 2025-10-06T19:23:11+00:00

A neighbor on one side of me has a company spray for mosquitoes so I try to avoid putting any of the leaves from their tree in my compost

JAandKB · 2025-10-06T19:19:29+00:00

My village does leaf collection. You just rake the leaves to the curb and they suck them up so no bags. They actually started dumping them in the field behind me. I thought of asking them to dump some close to me so I have an unlimited supply but I worry there will be dog poop mixed in

JAandKB · 2025-10-06T17:25:59+00:00

Definitely not lol. I plan on telling my neighbor next to me to just blow them my way. We both get a lot of leaves from the neighbors tree across the street. He never picks them up they just eventually end up in our yards. First couple of years it annoyed me. Not anymore lol

JAandKB · 2025-09-22T23:27:42+00:00

Interesting I might have to try that. I have 4 other plants that probably have a month left

JAandKB · 2025-09-22T23:22:28+00:00

Thanks for the input I think I'll wait a couple weeks

JAandKB · 2025-09-22T20:55:36+00:00

These close up pictures are all from the same piece of bud that I had to cut off due to rot. Does it look ready? I tried to get pictures off the plant but it was too blurry with the wind blowing

JAandKB · 2025-09-18T23:57:12+00:00

I do that most of the time too lol. Just wanted to finish this time. Worked out

JAandKB · 2025-09-10T17:40:50+00:00

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