Composting in Winter

Written By Good Earth Garden School

Author Ellen Vande Visse

Composting in Winter and Worm Bins:

Some Tricks for Success

Outdoor Compost Pile
Winter is the time to just stockpile your kitchen wastes in a pile outside and let them freeze. There is a trick, though, to prevent the garbage from melting into a congealed and smelly mass in the spring. Each and every time you make garbage deposit, simply toss some hay, straw, or leaves on top. You’ll love the aerated and absorbent effect after spring thaw. This makes your stockpile pre-layered and easier to work up into a formal working heap.

Got a worm bin?
Freeze that food waste for 3 days at 100F before feeding it to your worms. You’ll prevent fruit fly and gnat hatchings.

Good Earth Garden School

Good Earth Garden School provides education, resources, and products to help gardeners and farmers grow using regenerative, organic methods that restore the health of the soil, plants, people, and the planet. Learn practical approaches to building healthy soil, making organic fertilizers, managing pests naturally, composting, growing nutrient-dense food, and practicing carbon farming.

Founder, author, and educator Ellen Vande Visse, M.S., shares a lifetime of knowledge and hands-on experience through courses that integrate the science and spirit of regenerative growing. The school also offers a rich collection of free educational resources and carefully selected products, including Ellen’s acclaimed book, Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardener’s Guide.

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