In autumn, on trash day, the pavement in my neighbourhood looks very much like this. In most of these garbage bags are… leaves! Leaves are not trash! They’re the most amazing carbon-rich material for your compost. Collect, shred (use your lawnmower or a shredder) and stash (in bags or on a compost heap) to have …
We pulled one of our new large-size YOLO Compost Tumblers out of our oven last Monday, just in time to have a unit ready for display at Decorex. Now that I have it at home, I can experiment with contents to get a feel for the amount of material that can go in, how quickly …
For any composting method, smaller pieces of material will mix better and breakdown faster. With the autumnal abundance of dry leaves at the moment, resist the temptation to just toss a bucketful into your YOLO Compost Tumbler. The leaves will probably clump (as in any compost). Allow the leaves to dry and crush them as …
The next time you wonder just what to do with the drifts of autumn leaves in your garden and along the pavements of your neighbourhood, watch this humorous and informative 17-minute TED talk by Mike McGrath. The title “Everything You Know About Composting is Wrong” doesn’t do justice to his passion for autumn leaves and …
