If you're building a pile for the first time, I think there's some habits that you can

partake in that will really increase your chances of having a successful pile and having

your compost not get all anaerobic and sloppy and slimy and stinky.

So we do have Elis Abrovsky back on the show. She's creating a compost network at food

to soil. You know, I know yesterday, Elis, we talked a little bit about some best practices,

but I think there's perhaps a couple interesting techniques that you'd like to share about

building a pile.

Yeah, definitely. Thanks, Kevin. The first thing I want to talk about, or the first tip,

I would say, is based on a way that we receive food scraps from our members, we do a system

called bucket drop where people get two five gallon buckets. One bucket is full of mulch

and one bucket is empty. What they do is starting with a base layer of mulch, they layer their

food scraps in that empty five gallon bucket. So mulch, food scraps, mulch, food scraps,

and then at the end, they bring that bucket to us. So you've got a bucket full of a balanced

amount of mulch to food scraps and that mulch is absorbing the liquid that the food waste

is breaking down and so we're breaking down into. And so you're going to be able to save

water because you're not going to have to hydrate the mulch as much and you are balancing

your food scraps in a really organized way. And so what I suggest to people who are doing

home composting is do bucket drop with yourself. Get those two five gallon buckets, put it

closer to your home and layer your food scraps with mulch in that five gallon bucket and

then bring that to your compost pile and add that. That will save you a lot of time of taking

out your compost all the way to the compost bin and you know, trying to hydrate the mulch

at the time that you're dropping it, all that kind of stuff. And so bucket dropping with

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