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A couple more shots from the compost bin springtail farm, got a bit closer this time. Not too keen on having my nose that close to the compost, but everything has a down-side I guess!
2649 E. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90023
Located near the East L.A. Sears and the Washington Blvd. Bridge.
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
Harvest of compost in my garden: the lower part of the pile is black gold --banana peels, orange peels, all the kitchen scraps alive with worms and other creepy crawlies.
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\from Rachel of One Pretty Things
I made it this year in honor of Earth Day. It's a compost pile cupcake! I whippped up basic chocolate cupcakes, frosted them in chocolate, then added crumbled cookies and crushed nuts for dirt, shredded mint for veggie scraps and even piped on some worms with gel!
The picture above is of an enormous composting pile next to the Research Greenhouse at UMD. From my estimation it is about 7 ft tall, and 8 ft wide. People bring any soil, plants, or food left over from their research at the greenhouse and they throw it into the compost pile. Composting is the natural process of decomposition of plants and food into organic matter that can fertilize plants and soil. While everything alive decomposes eventually, composting speeds up the process because the heat from the dead material stacked in a heap speeds up the metabolic process and creates an ideal environment for bacteria and fungus (Hu). Decomposition is the first stage of nutrient recycling of plant or animal bodies, where dead tissue is broken down and turned into simpler organic forms. Decomposers are the animals (such as earthworms and maggots), fungus, or bacteria that aid in the decomposition process (Featherstone et al.).
Composting relates to Sustainable Development Goal 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns- meaning that we need to minimize our use of natural resources, and cut down on the waste and pollutants we produce (United Nations). By composting, you are taking what many people would throw out in the trash, and instead of producing waste, you turn it into something beneficial to plants and soils. Which also rids the need to buy fertilizer and cuts down on consumption.
Featherstone, A. et al. (2021). Decomposition and Decay. Retrieved October 19, 2021, from treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/habitats-and-ecology/ecology/decomposition-and-decay.
Hu, S. (2020, July 20). Composting 101. NRDC. Retrieved October 19, 2021, from www.nrdc.org/stories/composting-101.
Sustainable Development Goals: 12 Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns. United Nations. Retrieved October 19, 2021, from sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12.
Shawn Preputin farmer, wets mixed raw materials used to create compost extract that is prepared in cooperation with 2 other Hill County farmers that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
Naba Wiscobia stands next to her new Skyloo latrine, Kitayita, Wakiso, Namayumba, Uganda.
Photo: WaterAid/Caroline Irby
Date: 2007
The Skyloo composting latrine consists of two brick pits, constructed above ground level with a latrine squatting slab and superstructure on top. Human waste drops through a hole into the vaults and ash is thrown on top, increasing alkalinity to a level that kills pathogens. The temperature in the vaults is raised by the sun beating down on metal vault covers and the decomposition of the faeces. This also neutralises pathogens. After several months the first pit is dug out and the fertile compost is used to grow crops.The second pit is then used until it becomes full and the process is repeated.
This home built machine uses a concrete mixer and screen to separate the large and fine materials after the compost is finished. Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson (R), and Alec McIntosh (L), farmers, create compost extract that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
Aaron Obrigewitsch is posing by one of the composting bins that he installed. The white composting toilet that is sitting on top will be used in a washroom.
Started my compost bin last year and this year I had some compost to dig into the flower bed - result.
Close-up of the inside where you can really get a good view of the hardware cloth designed to keep the compost in and the critters out. Click here to find out what sorts of materials can go into your compost bin: www.plantea.com/compost-materials.htm
The compost area backstage at the 2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Everything backstage can be compsted, including the disposable cutlery
Compost Cookie
Pretzels, potato chips, coffee, oats, butterscotch,
chocolate chips. ($1.85 ea./3 for $5)
The kitchen sink of Milk Bar's cookies.
Read about these cookies at the ulterior epicure.
Physalis 2006, earrings, knitted dyed nylon with skeletonized physalis shells
"Months ago we left some physalis shells on the top layer of the compost bin in the garden. These shells were slowly being skeletonized by the bacteria within. It was intriguing to see extreme beauty from a place of decay."
- Nora Fok, from: www.norafok.com/archive/?i=Physalis+earrings
I photographed the whole exhibition because I was so fascinated by her work and the museum very kindly let me do this.
To see the full set of these images, and understand what they're about: www.flickr.com/photos/kazz/sets/72157629529481922/, in the collection 'Celebrating others'.
About Nora : www.norafok.com/nora
About Cloud Nylon : www.cloudnylon.com/
Museum in the Park website: www.museuminthepark.org.uk/
Maureen and Alice N demonstrate the compost procedure: dump food scraps from the kitchen into the compost bin (nitrogen), add dried grass (carbon), animal manure (high nitrogen), and finally add water ((moisture) to complete one layer of compost
Composting shed at Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh. Project recently won the Chairmans prize at the Scottish Design Awards and the photos have been all over the internet as a result.
strawberry head, cheese fragment, bread crust, onion skin, avocado peel, moldy bagel, lettuce fragment
Ray Kelly of Kilcullen Tidy Towns Group with Siobhan Coakley, Sinead Phelan, Mary Dillon and Madeline Campbell at the recent talk on composting held in Kilcullen Town Hall. Pic Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary