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Compost
My family keeps a compost bin for all organic waste materials to be stored for their breakdown into components that enrich the soil. The detritus or dead leaves, plants, rotting wood, and food scraps are combined with detritovores -- microbes and worms -- that process compost into the nutrient rich soil base. My dad comments that this is a poor example of an active compost bin and that it should be more closely monitored in order to control the amount of water inputted by the wet grass and other plant matter he adds later. The mixture needs to be turned regularly so that oxygen can help speed up the decomposition process. Oxidation helps to break the bonds by the loss of electrons that also precipitate into water vapor in the bin. The worms, fungi, and aerobic bacteria manage the chemical process of converting the organic material into nitrates easily absorbed by the soil. I much rather the mushroom compost that he buys from the organic farmer down the street. That compost is layered into a box made of redwood trees and mushrooms are grown on the top to affect the same decomposition process. In the end, the mushroom compost turns out a dark black, nutrient rich soil that is wonderful for fruit trees. And the redwood boxes are shredded into bark and scattered around the base of trees to help block out the sun and prevent the growth of weeds.
Compost
My family keeps a compost bin for all organic waste materials to be stored for their breakdown into components that enrich the soil. The detritus or dead leaves, plants, rotting wood, and food scraps are combined with detritovores -- microbes and worms -- that process compost into the nutrient rich soil base. My dad comments that this is a poor example of an active compost bin and that it should be more closely monitored in order to control the amount of water inputted by the wet grass and other plant matter he adds later. The mixture needs to be turned regularly so that oxygen can help speed up the decomposition process. Oxidation helps to break the bonds by the loss of electrons that also precipitate into water vapor in the bin. The worms, fungi, and aerobic bacteria manage the chemical process of converting the organic material into nitrates easily absorbed by the soil. I much rather the mushroom compost that he buys from the organic farmer down the street. That compost is layered into a box made of redwood trees and mushrooms are grown on the top to affect the same decomposition process. In the end, the mushroom compost turns out a dark black, nutrient rich soil that is wonderful for fruit trees. And the redwood boxes are shredded into bark and scattered around the base of trees to help block out the sun and prevent the growth of weeds.