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Five Steps to Composting Success
1. Choose the Right Composter For You
2. Collect Your Kitchen Waste
3. Fill Up Your Composter
4. Let Your Compost Mature
5. Use Your Compost
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1. Choose the Right Composter For You
Before choosing the size of your composter estimate how much organic waste you will be 
generating on a regular basis. If you have a medium or large lawn and intend to put the grass 
clippings in together with all your organic household waste, a large composter is probably 
for you. If you will just be disposing of your day to day kitchen waste, a smaller composter 
combined with an indoor Bokashi unit may better suit your needs
The next consideration in your choice of composter is whether to get a stand-alone model or 
one that rotates. Tumbling composters while generally smaller in volume produce compost 
in a shorter amount of time. Stand alone composters on the other hand, while generally able 
to accommodate larger volumes of organic waste, can take up to twice as long to produce 
usable compost. They also require manual mixing on a semi regular basis
Once you have decided on the size and type of composter best suited to your needs, you will 
need to find a good location in your yard. Ideally try to find a sunny spot that will allow for 
easy access. Direct sunlight increases the rate at which organic waste decomposes into 
compost. If possible your stand alone composters should rest on bare soil to allow 
interactions with microorganisms and worms.
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2. Collect Your Kitchen Waste
Most organic waste can be put into a compost bin (see exceptions below). We recommend 
using a kitchen caddy to collect your organic waste. This not only avoids unwanted mess and 
odours but reduces the number of trips you will need to make to the outdoor composter. By 
an amazing coincidence we have a few different caddies available for purchase on this site 
together with starch based caddy liners that begin to decompose once added to the outdoor 
composter.
As mentioned earlier it is not a good idea to add cooked food, meat or fish directly into your 
outdoor composter. These products tend to fester and attract unwanted guests (not 
referring to the in-laws people!). For these tricky leftovers we suggest using our Bokashi 
Kitchen Composter. 
The Bokashi microbes contained in the liquid or grains that are added to the organic 
contents begin to break these (and other organic waste) products down at the cellular level. 
Once the Bokashi Composter is full, the contents can be directly added to the outdoor 
composter or dug directly into the soil. The microbes will continue to do their work even 
after this is done.
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3. Fill Up Your Composter
Once your kitchen caddy or indoor composter is full you will need to transfer the contents to 
your outdoor composter. 
When adding organic waste to your composter it is important to try and get a good mixture 
of “brown” and “green” waste.
Examples of “green” waste include food scraps, vegetable cuttings, freshly cut grass. 
Examples of “brown” waste include dried leaves, dead grass, newspaper cuttings, egg 
cartons.The aim is to get a mixture whose consistency is neither too wet nor too dry.
Don’t forget to mix the contents of the composter periodically. For stand alone composters 
this will involve manually mixing the contents with a pitch fork or compost aerator. For 
tumblers you will just need to give the unit a turn every few days.
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4. Let Your Compost Mature
The time it takes for compost to mature varies widely. Factors such as volume of waste, 
composition of waste, moisture content of waste, frequency of aeration, and external 
temperature/weather (just to name a few) all contribute to your composter’s overall curing 
time. 
There are, however, several things you can do to help move the maturation process along.
1. Place the composter in a position in which it is likely to receive the most sunshine. 
The extra thermal energy will increase the rate at which the chemical reactions that break 
down your organic waste take place.
2. Aerate your compost on a regular basis. 
Your outdoor composter relies on microbes and bacteria to break down your organic waste. 
These organisms require oxygen to carry out their jobs. The more you aerate your compost, 
the happier your microbes will be.
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3. The Goldilocks Principle. 
Just like the famous fairy tale in which an innocent young girl looking for a meal gets 
viciously mauled to death by wild bears, your compost should not be too dry, your compost 
should not be too wet- it should be just right. If your compost is too dry just add a little 
water. If it is too wet add some “brown” waste such as dead leaves, dead grass, newspaper 
etc.
RIP Golidlocks 1837-1845
4. Size Matters. Want to impress your friends at parties? 
Tell them that the smaller an object is the greater is its surface area in relation to its volume. 
In a few months when you stop getting invitations to parties and have time to focus on 
composting you will realise how handy this fact actually is. 
If you can reduce the size of the material you put in your composter (e.g chopping up loose 
kitchen scraps, shredding garden waste) you will increase the area exposed to the microbes 
and thereby decrease the time required to break the matter down
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5. Use Your Compost
Once your compost has turned into a dark crumbly material with a natural earthy smell it is 
ready to use.
The method of collection will differ depending on the type of composter you have. For stand 
alone composters you will typically retrieve the compost through a hatch/s at the bottom of 
the unit. 
For tumbling composters you can empty the compost directly onto the ground or into a 
bucket.
In either case, the compost you retrieve can easily be mixed together into the soil. The same 
applies to pot plants and vertical gardens. 
A light watering to help the compost set and you are done.
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