How to Keep Your Composter Working in the Winter
- 1). Add materials to the pile during the winter months. Fruit and vegetable scraps and coffee rinds should be added to the mixture to keep the compost going during snowy months. Adding new materials keeps it from dying off and becoming ruined during the winter.
- 2). Throw some red worms into the compost pile or bin. Red worms will break down a compost pile through the winter so that by spring it is ready for spring planting and fertilization. The worms break down the materials in the compost pile in a similar way that other worms and warm weather will break down the compost during the summer and spring months. Red worms can be bought through gardening magazines, online gardening websites that sell composting materials or can be raised in kits.
- 3). Move the compost pile to the sunniest area available before snowfall. Sunlight can warm up a compost bin, especially in areas where the winters are not as harsh. A sunny area during the winter might only get a few hours of sunlight, so it is important to place the compost pile or bin in the area that will get the most sunlight during the day.
