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Advice WantedComposting tumbler
I’m super excited because I ordered a mini compost tumbler (if I was a TIM I might have a euphoria boner). I plan to do hot composting over the summer.
Anyway, I’m a bit unsure of something; I’ve been reading instructions on various websites, and they say to begin the process layer by layer - a layer of carbon then a layer of nitrogen, followed by more carbon, and so on. So my question is…does this apply to the tumblers or just the compost piles? I thought the idea of the tumbler was to tumble the whole big mess to aerate it as much as possible. Am I actually supposed to add all my food scraps layer by layer, alternating between them and carbon-rich stuff like twigs, and only tumble it all once in a while? And what if I have a bunch of kitchen scraps but not many carbon-rich items?
I got the tumbler because I thought I would be able to just tumble it as much as I want and have fun doing so. Was I actually incorrect?
Also, can I add worms, or is that a different type of composting?