My son-in-law bought me a compost tumbler, a JK 270 to be exact! He has begun selling these Swedish-designed compost tumblers in the US and asked me to blog about my experience with using the tumbler, in hopes to best understand his customers. In this blog, I’ll be sharing what it was like to set it up when I got the composter, how it works, what I found to be challenging and what things were convenient about it. For the record, I have no previous experience with composting, this is completely new for me. I’m excited!

My son-in-law, Niklas’ hope is that this blog will help others who want to learn more about composting, and also for this to be a place where they can discuss their thoughts and share their experiences.

With that said, let’s get ready to TUMBLE!!

November 21, 2010

Wood pellets or Sawdust?

I’ve been looking thru internet, reading blogs about what to use with your kitchen waste in your tumbler, it feels like people haven’t really heard about putting wood pellets into their tumblers. I haven’t tried to use saw dust in my tumbler since Niklas told me that pellets are better, but I would like to try it just so that I can contribute to the discussion about wood pellets vs. sawdust. It would be interesting to hear from someone who tried both of the different supplements and what they think about it.

So far I’m still in the process of filling my compost and I wonder if I might have a little too big tumbler for my needs. It’s not really a big problem but I’m excited to see how my compost dirt is going to look like. I must say, I haven’t really paid any attention to it the last week since I’ve been working with other stuff but when I did look at it today it was going good, the temperature are high and the process is working good. I wish I can get some time off so that I can go to the store and buy myself something to measure the heat in my compost tumbler. Next time I write, maybe I can say how hot it is inside my tumbler.    

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  1. Wood pellets are dried wood products that can be from recycled wood chips to unused wood shavings. Wood pellets can also be made using other biomass products like papers, cardboard, straw, corn husks and other yarn wastes.

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