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Dumb question (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by meco03211@lemmy.world to c/composting

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My understanding is a lot of "greens" eventually become "brown". Green leaves when they dry up would switch to a "brown". Same with dead grass.

With that in mind I tried a very lazy process of only adding greens for a continual process. My first addition to my pile this year was grass clippings. They still haven't really broke down.

Is my approach fundamentally flawed? Or is there something I'm missing to improve the process?

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[–] amelore 2 points 1 year ago

Dense mats of grass won't compost well, people with large lawns get this sometimes.
It'll do a lot better if you mix in other stuff (kitchen scraps, hedge trimmings, coffee grounds).
Mix the top of your heap with your pitchfork after adding grass, or actually turn completely but that's more work.