Q&A for How to Make a Compost Pit

Your layer of compost won’t exceed a depth of 4 in (10 cm) in the pit. If your pit is 12 inches (30.5 cm) deep, your compost layer will be 4 in (10 cm) and the fill dirt will be 8 in (20 cm).

It's basically a compost, but simpler. It is used when you only need compost in a certain area. The compost is done underground rather than in a compost bin. Therefore, it is easier for the good compost dirt to be transferred. You can just place the plants in the compost pit and you will have good dirt for months.

Compost is useful to the environment because it reuses the nutrients in organic waste (like food and yard clippings) rather than throwing them away in a landfill, where your yard won't benefit from them at all.

Manure does not come from composting. Manure typically refers to the feces of certain kinds of animals, which are most commonly used in compost. So your compost will never turn into manure, although you might add manure to it. Underground composting happens more slowly than above-ground composting. If you're using the compost for food-products, i.e. using it in a vegetable garden, you should wait at least a year for the compost to cure and for pathogens and bacteria to be killed. If you're using the compost for a flower bed, you really only need to wait until it has broken down small enough to get through a 1/4 inch sieve. This indicates a good level of decomposition.

The kinds of nutrients your composted materials will provide depends on the composting materials used. Generally, compost enriches soil with nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, carbon, and more.

They shouldn't. The smell should be earthy if it is decomposing well.

It depends on many factors, but it can take about a year to develop compost.

All biodegradable stuff like leaves, fruit peels, egg shells, etc.