[meristohm]

Cool! And you don’t even need a bin, just start layering dirt with brown and green matter. There are many books about composting if you want more guidance.

I have three piles going now: one from last year, ready to add to the garden; one started after we stopped adding to the first; and an experimental pile with ashes, human urine, and uprooted plants we don’t want propagating as much.

We put food scraps (no meat or bones, but we eat only a little meat anyway, and most animal scraps go to the dog) and paper (without a lot of ink or gloss) in a stainless steel pot and I bring that out to the in-process pile periodically, dumping it and then adding cardboard (tape and labels removed) and soil.

As I learn more I’ll adjust.