I have had a compost bin for a long time and I have never really used it I now have twins and have tons of food scraps when I do a big batch of cooking for them. I want to use the compost bin now as it is all just going in the garbage and figure I could put it to use instead. So can someone teach me how to compost (I seems like a silly question to me lol ) Other than fruit and veg scraps what else can I put in there. Also I think I remember being told to give it a soak of water every now and then?? Is that right?

Thanks for reading. I am such a garden novice