Filling a Compost Bin

I have purchased a compost bin and would like to know the right proportions of brown,green and food scraps to include to make good compost.Would appreciate any feedback.
Flowerlady

 

Great info,
Thanks,
Flowerlady

 

Composting Shortcuts from a Country boy

Dear FlowerLady,

Thanks.

Here is a rule of thumb to follow when composting.

brown stuff - leaves and twigs rot slowest

Wet kitchen stuff - corn cobs, broccoli or cabbage trimmings, leftover food - rot next fastest (or slowest)

Grass clippings, weeds, hay, straw - rot quickest

AND

You can speed up the Hot-Rot Process - by getting Oxygen to the microbes doing the work.

A - IF you have no nearby neghbors to object to the smell. You can do less work mixing in Grass btwn layers.

B - If you want to keep the smell down. And make Compost faster. Then you have to Jump in and actively TURN and mix the compost.

Alan

 

When you put in food scraps, remember: no meat, no dairy!