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title: "Hey planty people! I want to start a compost bin but I don’t know…"
description: "Hey planty people! I want to start a compost bin but I don’t know how. Help?"
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# Hey planty people! I want to start a compost bin but I don’t know…

_Posted by iambijoux on 2026-03-26_

Hey planty people! I want to start a compost bin but I don’t know how. Help?

## 4 comments

### KM commented on 2026-03-26

I’ve always been told using equal parts green living stuff to brown dead stuff. So equal parts food scraps, grass cuttings, recently pulled weeds, etc. To dead leaves, cardboard, wood shavings/dead sticks, etc.

### KM commented on 2026-03-26

You also want to be able to stir it regularly. When I had one I drilled small holes into a large plastic container with the a lid and would flip it a few times to mix it.

The holes would let any liquid drain out. You can have a pan or something under it to catch the liquid and use it as fertilizer.

#### iambijoux replied on 2026-03-26

Do you have a picture by any chance?

#### KM replied on 2026-03-26

No, but if you google diy composted bin the young house love website explains it roughly the same way I did mine. I just didn’t add the soil in with. I tried to share the website but this app wouldn’t let me.

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