It was in the autumn of 1998 took the composting. Most of Saturday was spent watching gardening shows on HGTV and DIY. I understood that without a good garden soil was doomed to failure. What better way to get a good ground, but the compost? I wanted to get more information about composting before you start. So I went looking for a book on composting. There are many good books with a lot of good information on composting. However, a real book I was struck by the title, "Let It Rot" by Stu Campbell. How appropriate, because that's what happens when plant material decomposes. I read the book from cover to cover. I know I have some strange looks from people when I took him to read while waiting for an appointment. While I enjoyed the book as a novel I have read! There are numerous methods of composting. The three-bin system is probably one of the most effective methods for compost. The first bin is your product. The second tray, the composite material is working. When that place is totally decomposed in the third bowl. This method is for someone with lots of space, plus the excess energy. Because we have, this was not the method you chose. I decided to slow way. I found a good-sized plastic bucket representing a mouthful of big box stores for $ 75. It was too ugly and I found a place in the back corner of the yard behind the barn to hide. With this method, all you had to do was add garden waste and kitchen products that had passed the point of human consumption. I had to put back a couple times a week and keep it moist but not wet. We had an abundance of leaves in the house of our South Austin. The main part of my subscription was going to the carbon part of my subscription. For nitrogen, which usually use vegetable waste from the remaining products. I also used a store bought compost activator. There are several good compost activators compost to help cook. You can only make some compost from your last party and mix with the next party. Blood meal and animal manure are good sources of nitrogen for composting is recommended quicker.The carbon nitrogen mixture is 30:1. It need not be exact, after all they are there and all measure. A general rule is that if the break is too slow, carbon is likely to have too much or not enough to keep moist. If a bad smell, you have to wet it or have too nitrogen.My a man once accused me of buying more fruit and vegetables, so some would be left for the subscription! I do not think I've done, but has reduced the debt if the products in the refrigerator deteriorate the recognition of the past. You can go into compost instead of garbage and landfill.In in November 2006 we sold our house in South Austin. We had intended to simplify and move to an apartment. So I gave my green plastic container with a good friend and fellow gardener.But then decided that apartment living was not for us. We purchased a home in Hutto, near our Great kids.I was deeply withdrawal symptoms of not composting. I was interested in trying a cup of compost. So we spent a little more practice and bought a small glass of compost through mail order. I also have a garbage container near the store the raw material of the cup. With the glass, the best form of compost to fill in time and turn the handle of at least five laps and a day. It's an easy way to compost. No running with a pitch fork or shovel. . I think we can make less waste in landfills, the better our environment. The richer the compost in the gardens, the soil is richer, the less you need fertilizer and the plants will be happier. I'm glad to be addicted to compost!