What composter do you use? Recs for a noob?

[Major Nikon]

8. What composter you'd want to use depends on what you want to compost and for what reason

If you just want to compost lawn waste for use back on the lawn, then you need not get any more sophisticated than a pile as time will do all the work for you. This is my favorite method. I just have about a 20 x 20 foot area fenced off on three sides with a 2 foot fence.

If you want to compost food scraps, then you'll need something enclosed to keep varmints out.

If you are composting for the garden, then it's good to include a more balanced source of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. In other words you'd want a good mix of things like lawn clippings and leaves rather than just one or the other.

Aeration speeds the process, so it's a good idea to mix everything up with a pitchfork every month or so. For composting food scraps I used to have one of those barrels that had a crank on it for turning. It worked well, but rusted out after a few years.