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So assuming I have a ripen pile of humus, I'd now like to remove the humus but don't know if I should keep in mind any type of cautions and techniques.

Some people have a proper door in the bin that allows to remove from the lower part of the bin, or some other people even have a filter that allows the humus to fall directly into a drawer. But I have a small amount of material in a couple of paint cans. Hence the question

Is it ok to just remove humus with a regular filter?

Is this advisable? Or does this have some undesired results?

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You don't need to do anything fancy at all unless you want to. (Some people compost quite successfully by throwing the scraps into a pit right in the garden, for example). Screening / filtering is optional unless the seedlings are tiny. Short of serious chemical contamination, any humus is good humus. Homogeneous doesn't need even to be a goal. Go ahead and use it. Congratulations for becoming a composter!

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