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phorbin · 26-02-2010, 04:13 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

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Adding leaves (and rarely straw) is actually what I do when I empty my
inside compost bucket on top of the pile. I'm a lazy composter who
only turns it once a year. The leaves cover the odor as far as my nose
can tell. Come spring I turn the whole thing over and take from the
bottom.

Which is adding brown to green.

Brown + green in relatively good proportion equals no stench to speak
of.

We do that too through snowless periods during the winter which serves
double duty by keeping the kitchen compost hidden until things heat up.