[peapod]

forgot to add wood ash from my chiminea when we have a few drinkies outside with friends

Paula's compost in the past has in fact been found to be wood ash heavy!

and alcohol heavy..alll the blokes p** in the compost bin if there is a queue for the loo

[rideandy]

i'm assuming you're already adding your kitchen waste?
egg shells, crushed up?
teabags (make sure you rip the bags before adding them)
banana skins.

straw is a good one, grannie

old compost

i'd love to have this problem! my compost is mostly brown with hardly any green at all!!  

Yeah doing my kitchen waste
Not been ripping my tea bags!!

(i think hardwoods would just take longer to go down, but if you mix it all in well, it shouldn't matter )

[compostqueen]

you can turn your greens into browns if you get a fine day. Spread them on the ground and the breeze and sun (if we any get any) will soon turn your green weeds and mowings into browns

Also, you don't need to rip up all your boxes and rolls. Keeping them whole creates air spaces in your compo bin which all helps to speed up the process.

[rideandy]

you can turn your greens into browns if you get a fine day. Spread them on the ground and the breeze and sun (if we any get any) will soon turn your green weeds and mowings into browns

Also, you don't need to rip up all your boxes and rolls. Keeping them whole creates air spaces in your compo bin which all helps to speed up the process.

Great, thanks