29+ Green Vs Brown Compost. However the terms are not always correct. It would be better to use the terms high nitrogen ingredient, and low nitrogen ingredient.
Compost has two main ingredients: The term brown here refers to materials rich in carbon. To start off your pile it's safe to add the same amount of brown material as you do green.
Green material and brown material.
Compost is a hot commodity these days. I'd like to ask for responses from anyone who knows of a way that is cheap to grind up my compost upon harvesting. If your compost heap or worm bin has too many green components you will have a smelly, slimy mess. To start off your pile it's safe to add the same amount of brown material as you do green.