Compost question

[ksmith]

I have a small bin in the backyard into which I toss the veggie scraps and coffee grounds. Now that it's getting cold, should I still do so? Stuff won't decay in the cold as well, will it?

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[alice-q.livejournal.com]

I have one of those black plastic bins also. My experience is that stuff that I manage to put in it over the winter will eventually decay properly. (The steps off the back deck can be treacherous when snow-covered.) Since the "finished" compost is pulled out of the bottom, it doesn't really matter if the stuff at the top isn't fully decomposed. I try to compost throughout the winter nonetheless, as it really pains me to put compostable stuff in the trash.

Last fall, when I was raking leaves, I filled out the bin with a huge mass of dead leaves. They were mostly decomposed by spring.