The Process of Making Compost

Ready to go get some materials…

You need ingredients to make compost. Here we are all hooked up to the trailer and ready to go get some ingredients.

Load of Grass Clippings…

Here we are starting with lawn clippings…. lots of them!!! These will be mixed with autumn leaves when the time comes.

I had a neighbor who has a rather large lawn. He mowed his lawn and swept the clipping into a pile for me to come collect. The trailer is built to hold 6 yards of material if level at the top.… Here I would estimate I have 5 yards.

You have to make sure that the lawn clippings you get aren’t treated. These aren’t treated by evidence of the numerous weeds in the lawn.

Pile of lawn clippings…

After arriving back, I used the wheel borrow to move the clipping from the trailer to a pile towards the back of the compost area.

Here they will remain and added to until the leaves arrive…