03-24-2008, 02:04 PM
When we bought our house back in September, it came with an Earth Machine plastic compost bin already set up. There wasn't much in there yet, but I immediately began throwing in our waste fruits, veggies, egg shells, rice, etc. Having very little knowledge about composting I never bothered to churn it or add any soil, leaves, or grass. Recently fruit flies have been pretty heavy in there. I have also noticed what appears to be mold. I bought a shovel so I could add some dirt and churn it some so that the discarded items I put in there would be somewhat buried. I noticed a lot of bugs. It appeared to be earwig-looking things and some kind of potato bug/beetle. So does it all sound ok or have I "burned the cookies"? Maybe add some dos/don'ts for us inexperienced composters. The only one I know for sure is to never add meats/fats/bones. Mahalo.