Laurie Moseley wrote:
I am going to try and start a compost bin - can you put grass
cuttings

My experience supports that of other contributors to this discussion.
I have four compost bins on the go at any one time and I put grass
clippings in all four. They are right, too, to argue that you should
add to the clippings.

I add:

1. Output from my shredder (mainly wood chippings and chopped up
leaves)
2. Shredded office paper
3. Kitchen waste
4. Other bits of garden refuse
5. A dose of pelleted chicken manure once a month or so
6. I have at times added a product called Garotta, but I have not
noticed that it makes a great deal of difference.

I don't fork it over, but I do move the cooking compost from one bin
to another in regular succession.

I don't know what the scientific justification for this is, but it
seems to work, and produces lovely compost.



Don't forget of cause Mr flowerdews magic ingredient - recycled beer and
cider!

pk