I looked and didn't find a forum dedicated to composting. May we have one here? I find composting fundamental and every time I start a new garden, I set up the compost first thing.

I was sharing a little about my compost in another thread, and realized I have a lot to share about various ways to compost, and how easy it is to get a good compost going if you know some basics.

At the same time, there are always variables and issues arise that even experienced composters need to investigate with others, so having a place to share about how we go with our composting would be very valuable to me.

Beginning composters can be put off by what seems like a complicated, smelly project, which can be made much easier with a little knowledge, and, as any experienced composter will tell you, if it's smelly, something is wrong. One great thing is, nearly everything that goes wrong with a compost pile can be fixed.

This is an old picture from a previous garden, of a compost that did quite well for me there.

There is a great permaculture forum here: http://garden.org/forums/view/...
with a lot of knowledgeable people. That may be a great place to post.

We would definitely welcome compost discussions in the permaculture forum!

I noticed the permaculture forum and it's on my list of places to visit. I'll check it out. And I'm very glad to see permaculture has a "voice" here.

Dave, thanks for fixing my newbie mistake too, and moving this thread to where it belongs.

Welp, so far we're talking composting a lot in MAG --mostly me and Catmint who wants to get started soon. And I noticed a couple of topics on composting in the Cottage Garden forum too. Haven't yet managed to get too far into the Permaculture forum, but intend to make my way there.

I just thought I'd mention for anyone curious or interested that we do have a pretty active conversation going in MAG right now, so come on by if you like.

Kyla: I'm old but curious; What is MAG?

Hi Lin! I think it's the Mid Atlantic Gardening forum.

Yes, that's what I meant. Shoulda spelled it out!

Aaah ... I had no clue!

I see we have a thread asking about composting. It seems that there is a lot of interesting in having a 'Composting Forum'.
There are thread and posts all over the site, it would be great to be able to just go to a composting forum instead of having to search through so many different forums and threads. It is such an important topic and seems it should be easy to find.
I would definitely be visiting a 'Composting Forum'.
The thread "Soil & Composting forum?" in Site Talk forum
http://garden.org/search/index...

I would definitely visit a specific composting forum too.

There is sure a lot of information scattered around ATP that would get a Composting Forum up and running.

Lynn if you want to spend the time, give me a list of the threads that look like they belong and I'll make the forum and move them all in.

Okay, on my way.

How does this list look?

The thread "Composting for Beginners" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "composting and amending the soil." in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "composting and amending the soil." in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "Worm bins" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "composting kitchen scraps" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "Do Worms Hibernate?" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "Composting in the desert?" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "Composting grass that has gone to seed" in Soil and Compost forum
The thread "Composting Is For Everyone" in Soil and Compost forum

Done! Thanks Lynn! The forum has been created. http://garden.org/forums/view/...

Now that I can easily find all this great information maybe I will be more successful at composting.

Thank you so much Dave.

I found a few more threads and moved them over, too.

Thank you Dave. On my way to see what they are.
I find this most wonderful to find all this information in one place.