Where to Find Bulking Material
Question
April 18, 2017
My wife and I attended a beginners composting class with Mr. Zarola recently. We do not have much bulking material available in our back yard. can we use cardboard as bulking material?
Answer(s)
Answer by JZ: Cardboard would serve as bulking material only for a short time. As it decomposes it get smaller, then loses its ability to bulk.
Bulking material: sticks, twigs, pine cones, pine needles are readily available.
Try going to your local park with a bag - then gather material and / or when you are walking in
your neighborhood. If all that does not work, then buy a bag of small wood chips. Once you get bulking material into your composting operation - that same material will last a few years. You will recycle it as you continue your operation. Let me know if you have questions. Keep up !