Composting

Basic guidelines for composting

The composting area is at the far north of the garden on the edge of the woods.

The compost custodians, Ben and Bella, are in charge of the area and new signs will be placed soon to direct everyone where to place what! Feel free to email them with any questions you have, or ask them when you see them: compost@cornelloasis.com.

General rules…

  1. Put all compost materials in the stall marked by the sign “Compost here”.

  2. As the stall fills up and starts to compost, Ben and Bella may move the sign to a different stall

  3. PLEASE ONLY PUT COMPOST MATERIALS IN THE STALL WITH THE SIGN!

DO NOT PUT IN THE COMPOST

  1. Twigs, branches, larger items (they should be placed in the pile on the left outside the stalls

  2. Plastic including plant pots, plants signs etc.

  3. Till receipts, lottery tickets, anything printed on thermal paper like that - these are highly toxic and will not compost and will contaminate the compost.

  4. Things you can put in and might not think of, corrugated and other cardboard (uncoated, not shiny), corks (made of cork not plastic!), coffee grinds, tissues, paper towels, pizza boxes… shredded paper from your home is great.

That’s it really.

There is more info on the web about hot composting, feel free to dig into it!

https://gardeninglatest.com/hot-composting/

https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-hot-compost-2539474

https://www.compostmagazine.com/compost-carbon-nitrogen-ratio/