New composter, my journey so far

[imafan26]

Actually,if what you are composting is mostly kitchen scraps, why not do worms? They can be started with newspaper as bedding material. vegetable and fruit peelings, coffee grains, melon rinds are perfect food and they don't take up that much space. They don't make a lot of compost but, it goes farther if you use it to make compost tea and the worm pee is useful too.

[gepstein]

I do use cardboard that is not bleached or covered with inks. Brown paper bags would work, too. The constant turning helps add oxygen and helps the ammonia build up. How about contacting landscapers for shredded branches?