Things I learned my first day composting

• wear a dirty shirt
  
• do not shower BEFORE composting
• pick up dog poo BEFORE composting
• chopping up fruit/veg waste into little bits with a cleaver is fun
• need to find something to add to my fledgling compost pile besides dead weeds
• "turning the compost heap" is a misnomer in my case -I spent five minutes "fluffing the dead weeds"
  
• wish I had the composter back in March when there were lots of living weeds
• seems like I should water my dead weed collection fairly frequently
• detangling large clumps of dead weeds is not that much fun
• be sure to check shoes AFTER composting
• do shower AFTER composting
• wash dirty shirt