I'm very new to composting and just recently got a tumbler. I'm wondering since tumblers don't get as hot as big compost piles, will they kill off seeds that are in them? I don't want to be spreading a bunch of random seeds in my garden beds. If tumblers don't kill seeds, is there a way to finish the compost to kill the seeds? Thanks in advance!

I have a crap ton of homemade hay from our huge lawn, or the parts I let run wild this summer. Cut it down at the start of august with a scythe and let it dry out for a week in the sun (no rain) and have been storing it in the carport in jute sacks since then.

It's mainly regular lawn grass grown to about knee length with a few herbs and flowers like flax, marjoram, bird's-foot trefoil and fennel which grows wild in that area.

It was going to go to a friend who kept rabbits, but a fox got to them and - yeah. He doesn't really have a use for it now.

A good therapist for his kids, though...

So.. would there be a use for this in my cold compost, as winter mulch or, dunno... Mix it into the leaf mold pile?

My compost was doing pretty well. I rotate it every two to three days and I keep it in a home depot bucket with sealing lid. (It does also have air holes in it). It was warm for 2 months and even just a week ago it was warm ( I started like 2.5 months ago) and now it isn't warm it all. What could have happend? stuff at the bottom was definitely getting close to being compost.

I now have lots of fine wood chippings, I have lot of slimy grass clippings from the summer. Mixing them is not easy.

Have anyone tried using a plaster mixing attachments on a drill to turn the glass clippings into a "soup" that can than be put in a cement mixer with the wood chips?

What about adding some fresh FYM to the soup mix?

(Resuilt of shedder breaking and delays in finding a replacement on ebay.)

Hi everyone, I'm a Product Design BA student researching garden care and allotment maintenance for a university project. I'm looking for gardeners and allotment holders to complete a short 5-7 minute questionnaire about gardening habits, tools, and challenges. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I have a large yard and go through a lot of compost for my grass, shrubs, flowers, and fruit/ veggie garden. Next year I want to save on the trips to our local spot for compost and have some at home (I already collect it anyway) and do a tumbler. I’ve read so much and still don’t feel confident. I have no idea what I need other than something that will produce a lot and relatively quickly (but I don’t want to spend a lot, I get compost “for free” from my city, but have to pick it up).

I used to vermicompost when I lived in a different climate. I have 0 intention of trying that here. I don’t want to do anything that will invite potential mosquitoes or require me to be outside cleaning it being bitten by mosquitoes, etc. I’ll burn my yard to the ground before I have worms here for composting.

Anyway, any recommendations on unicorn tumblers? Basically hoping for budget friendly, fairly large capacity, and relatively fast. I’m flexible of course, and in a pinch I can get compost elsewhere, but recs are always helpful!

There is a pretty detailed area and section about the active compost going on right now