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Step 3 of 4 · Backyard Compost That Isn't a Rat Hotel

Weekly fork, wrung-sponge wet

Weekly fork, wrung-sponge wet — step 3 of 4 in Backyard Compost That Isn't a Rat Hotel. If it's a brick, add water. If it's soup, add cardboard and turn. You are farming microbes. They need air.

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Free gardening tip: Weekly fork, wrung-sponge wet (step 3 of 4 from "Backyard Compost That Isn't a Rat Hotel").

If it's a brick, add water. If it's soup, add cardboard and turn.

You are farming microbes. They need air.

You'll need

  • Browns stockpiled
  • No meat
  • Turned

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