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At Wowo campsite, which has got to be one of the loveliest campsites anywhere.
For more info and bookings see www.wowo.co.uk
I decided not to compost the page, because my "Bunny Ghetto" drawing is on the back, so I replaced it with my favorite poem "Belated Valentine: A Work in Progress" by Steven Marsh.
Compost making exercise
Permaculture Design Certificate
With Nick Ritar + special guests
Alexandria, Sydney Australia
May-August 2010
Kate Zidar, neighborhood activist, compost guru, and all around amazing chica. She is the founder of the North Brooklyn Compost Project, which is a genius community composting project which runs parallel to the Greenpoint-Williamsburg CSA. Each week I drop off my scraps from the previous week's vegetables, flowers, fruit, and eggs at the compost project completing the cycle.
We were talking about the amount of coffee grounds (me) and tea bags (everyone else) that we throw away every day and Connor said it seemed like such a waste. I agreed and told him that when I was little, there was a compost heap in the back garden at Oma's but in our garden there really wasn't enough room.
"We've got one at school, it's just two coke bottles!"
"Really?"
I always thought of compost heaps as being complicated entities and above all, big. But Connor described what they had at school and it seemed pretty simple so we decided to try making one of our own.
I took the chance to get rid of all the withered roots collecting at the bottom of the vegetable drawer so hopefully our compost is off to a good healthy start!
Soilutions Manager examines finished compost at the South Valley Composting Facility.
The composting program began in March 2010 as a pilot to divert food preparation waste and leftovers from the regular waste stream that is sent to Rio Rancho's landfill to a local business that recycles food waste into useable and sell-able compost.
For more information or additional images, please contact 202-586-5251.
Modified by adding a deflector so the compost would make a windrow directly behind the spreader. Worked like a charm.
20190303_9446_G12-21 Sieving Compost #2
I spent several hours over the weekend sieving compost from my oldest aged compost bin and spreading it out over the recently cleared sections of the vegetable garden, in preparation for sowing some winter greens and/or leaving fallow over winter.
If I need a finer mix I have two smaller sieves, one a small one for potting mix.
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Grasses, invasive goldenrods & Black-eyed Susans, Joe-pye weed kept from reseeding all over the place, also the leaves falling from the fig just moved inside...
Compost making exercise
Permaculture Design Certificate
With Nick Ritar + special guests
Alexandria, Sydney Australia
May-August 2010
Multi tumbler frame in place in the composting area. Still have to level the whole unit and add the drums as we get them made up. The large bin and barrel composters on the right will be moved in the spring to allow for access to the drums.
After 2 days it has settled about a foot. I heaped it up when I filled it with a mix of leaves and green grass. I used some pizza boxes around the side thinking it would help retain some moisture.
The working part of the garden. As we have sandy soil we need to build up the organic matter.
I do this in a variety of ways...
Compost heaps made using hay bales as walls of the compost heaps. I then use the rotted bales as mulch.
Worm farms (have 2 farms with 3 layers each)
Guinea pigs & ducks add fertiliser to the system
I use black bins to rot down nasty spreading weeds... once safe these are added to the compost heaps
Had an old granary and needed a compost shed. Built a four foot pony wall, cut the granary in half and bolted her on.
We've finally taken the first step toward having an organic square foot garden. I'll need to make the bin larger when we have more mass.
I repurposed an old worn out patio chair for the bin.
I still need to cut the front lawn and add in dry glass clippings. I'm also thinking about contacting the produce department of a local grocery store... has anyone done that... what type of produce is best?
Compost Heap - made from tomatoes, wood chips (leaf and branch), comfrey, horse manure, some existing compost material - more info at MyFolia journal
20190303_9445_G12-6 Sieving Compost #1
I spent several hours over the weekend sieving compost from my oldest aged compost bin and spreading it out over the recently cleared sections of the vegetable garden, in preparation for sowing some winter greens and/or leaving fallow over winter.
If I need a finer mix I have two smaller sieves, one a small one for potting mix.
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Finished building the compost toilet. It's vented to the outside, so there is always a negative air pressure pulling both moisture, and fumes out to the atmosphere, so the building doesn't have any obtrusive odors.
Notice the front of the toilet has a collection bowl for urine, so there is never a mix of #1 & #2 . The collection bowl can be removed, and poured into a container of water to dilute the concentration, and then poured directly into the watering tubes of the various trees on the property. Since urine is full of nitrogen and pretty much sterile, it can be used immediately as a fertilizer in diluted form.
If a solid deposit is made, one covers it with a scoop of peat moss (kept in a storage container next to the composting toilet in order to keep odor down, and help with the composting process.
Good quality compost that I made in a recycled five gallon bucket in my 540 square ft. apartment. I'm a little amazed that it worked out so well!
I followed the directions in Vic Sussman's Easy Composting. It was pretty much scentless while underway (though it now has a nice, earthy smell) and didn't make much of a mess (unless I got careless scooping the fresh dirt in).
Next time, I think it would be helpful to add a bit more dry material in the mix, as this did end up being a bit on the damp side (but still very usable).
March 2013 update: After a number of years of doing this, I've moved on to a 2 bucket bokashi composting set up. It sits under the sink, produces usable compost much more quickly, and doesn't require bringing soil home from the garden.