Compost Oak Leaves. Shred, add greens and moisture.

We have lot of oak leaves. Oak leaves are tough and they slowly break down.  Best way is to shred them as much as possible.  I ran my lawn mower in mulching mode.  Then ran my Garden Tractor and bagged them.  This job is easier when leaves are dry.  Then emptied the bags of shredded leaves in to my home made compost bins.

Leaves and leaves every where.

Oak leaves are hard, so shred them as much you can.  Add greens to it.  Next time I mow the lawn I wll add the grass clipping to it.  As vegetable season is almost done, I will take the vegetable plants and shred them and add to the compost.  Composting is not hard. 

1.  It should be good mix of brown and greens.  Brown provides the carbon and green provides the nitrogen.

2.  Keep the objetcs smaller for faster decomposing.  So shred the leaves and greens.

3.  Keep it moist but not soggy.  Do not let it dry.

4.  Keep it airy.

Added shreded oak leaves to home made compost bin.

More leaves yet to fall.