I made a big one behind the house, Concrete foundation, about 8 layers of brick.
(To keep the leeching roots of the trees out of the compost.)
I keep a tarp over it, to keep the moisture in.. And to make sure the rain (Wich is comparable to Monsoon here sometimes.
doesn't flood the composter (And drown my precious worms..))
Also to keep the worms I have caught in the yard in the compost and not wandering off..
Worms (I am told.) will eat the molds and add to the value of the compost.
One but.. Composting takes the Nitrogen out of the material, so the compost you make this way is Nitrogen poor. It will have to be added to the compost.. (I have read this. No scientific backup for that claim.)
Easy natural solution to add Nitrogen in the spirit of recycling that comes from a survival manual: 1 Qt of pee mixed in a Gallon can with 3 Qts of water. .
There is also a building plan out there for a composter for cooked foods, that normally can't be added to a composter, since they would make it stink and attract vermin.
It basically works by making worms get used to eating the food and the compost remaining is their "feces" by lack of a better word....
This link will point you to it ->
http://wasteage.com/mag/waste_compos...ms_experiment/
btw, the composter is a great way to raise bait, if you need to fish for survivall..
And if everything goes bad, and the top of the food chain has to go lower in the food chain then normal to survive... They are a great source of protein... But I guess, one has to go long ways before getting THAT hungry. ;-)
btw, I dont know about adding newspapers to the composter..
Brown paper bags, tissues, coffe filters, teabags are ok, but Newspapers?
Don't they contain lead pigment, that would contaminate the soil with more lead, and thus your garden foods you cultivate in it?
Also, Dog and Cat feces 'could' be added to a composter, but since they have bacteria in them you don't want, they have to 'burn' out/compost for 2 years I read.. (Same for human waste.)