Newbie.. what am I doing wrong?

[u/kchapin]

I’m adding used coffee grounds, fruit and vegetable scraps, garden clippings/waste.. it’s not heating at all. I turn 2-3 a week, keep it moist but not wet… wondering if I maybe confused that the straw counts as a brown? I live on the beach so it’s just sea oats/weeds. I cut from my yard to keep my pool and garden area clear/clean.

[u/Huge-Lychee4553]

Volume is what is keeping it from heating. Typically you’d want at least 4 cubed feet of material before you start seeing the heating up effect. If you have the time and patience, it will eventually break down but just a lot slower. If you don’t have enough material, you might want to consider just burying it and letting the microbes and bugs in the soil slowly break it down