You've worked hard to get a compost pile working, and now that you are making compost you find that you have more uses for it than you have compost. What you need are some free sources for compost material.

Here's couple of ideas on where to find compost material:

Coffee shops: Many coffee shops, including some of the major chains, will give you their coffee grounds. They do this because they don't have to pay for the disposal, and it's good public relations. Coffee grounds are a great material for the compost bin, because even though they are obviously brown, for the compost bin they are "green" in that they have a fairly high nitrogen content.

Fall leaves: I am constantly amazed at the volume of "trash" represented by fall leaves. We just let our neighbors know that we will take their leaves, and will pick some up when other folks in the neighborhood leave them out for the trash. About 50 bags a year is all we can handle, but we could get several times that amount by simply "stealing" the trash.

Any other suggestions on finding free composting material?