How to Make Compost

Ready to get the most out of your garden and turn waste into black gold? It’s time to learn about composting! Here you’ll find clear, step-by-step instructions, informative articles and pro tips on the composting process that will help you become a master composter in no time.

If you’re totally new to composting, start off with our home composting guide, while experienced composters might want to find out our 17 tips for speeding compost up!

Compost C:N Ratio Calculator & Comprehensive Material Tables

Looking for a handy Carbon-Nitrogen Ratio List to guide your composting efforts? In this article, you’ll find a comprehensive table of C:N ratios for everything from food waste to manures—and even a simple calculator to help you mix materials. C:N Ratio Calculator Select materials from the dropdown or add custom ones. The calculator will help […]

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Hair lying on floor in a hairdressers.

How Do You Compost Hair?

If you have access to a lot of hair, you’re in luck.  Hair is high in nitrogen and has excellent water retention ability.  Before composting, hair can contain both heavy metals and chemicals from treatments.  However, multiple studies show that despite this the final result makes great compost. This may be partly down to the

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Man standing next to smelly compost heap.

How to Stop Compost Bins & Heaps from Smelling: 7 Easy Fixes

Over the last ten years, I’ve only experienced a handful of instances where compost smelled really bad. What’s more, those have usually been times when I’ve been experimenting with far-out methods. Most normal people don’t experiment with different ways to compost fish, or try different compost mixtures with black bag composting! Of course, compost does

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