YIMBY composters
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Getting the compost goodness out of bones and shells
Adding bones or shells to our compost pile is fine – if we have good rodent control in place –…
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The nitty-gritty of rodent control
This week’s compost conversation is a follow on from last week’s article looking at the need for ‘secondary’ rodent management…
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Rats, mice, compost and food growing
It’s a tricky subject, but one we can’t avoid, particularly as we head further into autumn and the harvest season:…
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I just made the worst compost I have made in years!
I was putting a finished compost pile out on the garden recently, but as I was forking it into the…
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Are they maggots in my compost?!
Over the warmer months it is not uncommon, when turning our compost piles, to uncover a particular fly’s larvae (or…
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What to do with a compost that is too hot?
In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some batches of compost go over temperature (over 68o Celsius), and…
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Too hot to handle
A mistake we humans often make is to think that if something is good, more of it will be better….
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Does composting really reduce greenhouse emissions?
I’m sure we have heard that putting food scraps in our general waste bin, then burying them in a landfill…
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Would you like chips with that?
Wood chips can contribute to making some of the best and also some of the worst composts, it has a…
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Be a better composter in 2025
Welcome back to the Compost Conversation for 2025, and a happy new year to all our readers. Here at YIMBY…
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Don’t kill your compost, it’s alive!
Good quality, home-made compost is teaming with life, and because of this we need to care for it, to the…
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Is that mulch or is it compost?
There is no agreed definition of what compost actually is or isn’t, and a huge array of commercial products sold…