{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"Home Composting Made Simple: Leaves, Kitchen Scraps, and Winter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2074,"description":"Do you really need to turn your compost? And what happens when your compost bin freezes in winter?\n\nKayla Siefried, Education Director at the Compost Education Centre in Victoria, BC, joins me to talk about making compost at home. We explore how to choose a system that fits your space and routine, whether that's a backyard bin, a hot compost pile, a worm bin, or a food waste digester.\n\nThen we dig into the everyday details: balancing kitchen scraps with fall leaves, checking moisture, deciding when to turn a pile, and planning for winter composting in a cold climate.\n\nWe talk about:\nThe differences between passive composting, hot composting, worm bins, and food waste digesters\nChoosing a bin and a convenient location, with rodents in mind\nUsing fall leaves as a compost ingredient and garden mulch\nWhen a compost pile needs water or more air\nKeeping browns handy when your leaf pile is buried in snow\nAllowing extra bin space for scraps that freeze instead of breaking down\nResources:\nCompost Education Centre\nComposting and gardening fact sheets, including backyard composting, vermicomposting, food waste digesters, hot composting, and urban leaves","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}