Pat Kiewicz wrote:

A compost bin should be placed close to where the bulk of the compost
is
likely to be used. In my case, that's near the vegetable garden and a
long
way from the house. It's easier to tote small amounts of kitchen
waste
back there than it would be to move bulk amounts of compost back to
the
veggie garden.


I'm sure not interested in getting dressed to walk all the way across
the yard on a cold, rainy night when the bin could have been put
someplace convenient. I'd rather make one trip with a wheelbarrow full
of compost than a trip each day with just a few scraps. If the bin isn't
close enough for convenient disposal of the scraps, the scraps won't
make it to the bin, and it won't matter how close it is to where it's
going to be used.

And maybe I'm going to use it on the bed close to the house -- or on the
other side of the yard from the vegetable garden. I may use the compost
anywhere, but the food scraps will almost always be coming from the
kitchen.

The bin should be where it's convenient on a cold, rainy night when
you're debating whether it's close enough, or whether you'll just send
the scraps down the garbage disposal instead. Put the bin on the far
side of the yard, and those food scraps won't make it there all winter.

--
Warren H.

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