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Composting on concrete When you start with your new compost bin we advise that you site your bin on a patch of soil or grass. The reason for this is that the breakdown of compost happens with the assistance of creatures, fungi and bacteria that live in the soil. Siting your compost bin on an area of hard standing would make it harder for them to enter your compost bin. The other disadvantage of composting directly onto a solid surface is that any liquid generated from the compost will not be able to soak into the soil to fertilise it. However having said all that composting on concrete is perfectly possible as one gardener points out in her letter below:
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