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Originally Posted by tufftie  Only with cardboard and grass clippings you have to make sure you only put thin layers between lots of other compost material or you end up with a nasty layer of yuk in the middle of nice finished product. |
Quite so. You can get away with sawdust, cat litter, dead squirrels, toenail clippings, whatever ... as long as they're in relatively thin layers.
I don't rotate my compost: I'm talking about a big compost
heap - there is more need for care and occasional mixing when using a (relatively) small compost
bin. In my case the insects and small furry mammals do the job for me.
The other thing which is critical is to see that the compost doesn't dry out - this can happen in parts, particularly when layers of grass get too thick.