I always do compost year round and I own one very reliable composters. I also have compost pails that I use when I'm cooking to put the peel of veggies, easy way to make trips to the composter bin. I have enough compost to start my veggies garden on spring time. when I run out of compost I go to my friends ranch because she have a few composter bins that we keep working on one weekend a month for our garden.