"John Wheeler" wrote in message
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USDA Zone 7
"Jim Voege" wrote in message
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"John Wheeler" wrote in message
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I suspect it's anaerobic, because of lack of oxygen. How does it smell
when you turn it? Frequent turning helps bring in oxygen and mixing up
the ingredients. Layering by itself does little. Adding fertilizer
that
you pay for is mostly wasting money.

While generally true that is not always the case. If circumstances are
such that you have too high a proportion of carbon (brown) to nitrogen
(green) a bit of relatively inexpensive spring lawn fertilizer can
redress
the balance.

Jim
Or you could get lots of free coffee grounds from a local business that
makes lots of coffee, e.g., Starbucks. I get about 15 pounds a day of
coffee grounds. Then in the fall I collect bags of leaves in the
neighborhood, grind them up, and add them to compost piles the next year.

John. An interesting scavange, free used coffee grounds.
What arrangements did you put in place with starbucks to get them?
How do Starbucks 'store' their waste grounds and in what receptacle do you
get it home?
Do you throw them straight in with your existing compost?
If so, what do you add to the grounds in the way of carbon (and how much) to
get the correct ratio?

Rob

ps have you ever tried drying them and using a bulk amount to brew a cup of
coffee?