Compost Recipe: the organic materials mixture

When making a compost pile , the deposited remnants must always be mixed. There shouldn't be a layer separation between fresh materials or dry materials, in order for the compost pile to age properly, all the elements must be mixed. The compost pile doesn't have to be turned in a daily basis, but only when a considerable amount of organic material is added, for example grass clippings, autumn leaves or dry, straw-type material.
Now, if we want to build compost to it's highest quality the compost recipe and compost ingredients should be as follows:

• Three parts of fresh organic material, higher in "green" nitrogen content (kitchen organic waste, fresh green plant residues, grass clippings, fresh green leaves, fruit trimmings, vegetarian animal manure)
• One part of materials, rich in "brown" carbon content (dry leaves, straw, wood chips, cardboards, etc.)
  

In case we deposit little amount of organic material to our compost pile every day, mixing the compost once a week it's ok.

Never add non-vegetarian manure to the pile (like pet waste or human waste). Hope this compost recipe is useful to you and your soil , I will be adding more articles in the next days.

You may want to read the following introductory articles to know a little bit more about home compost:
Organic compost
Homenade compost