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Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson, and Alec McIntosh, farmers, mix wettened raw materials used to create compost extract that is prepared and applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
A Alegria do Senado é composto por fotografias realizadas no “Senadinho” local no centro da capital, que fica de frente para o Palácio do Governo e Assembleia Legislativa. É uma área na calçada do Palácio das Secretarias, com formato de pequena praça. Hoje destinado ao lazer dos idosos de Rio Branco, através da música e da dança (forró).
Os frequentadores, ex-soldados da borracha e demais profissionais aposentados, fazem parte da memória, cultura e da identidade acreana. O ponto hoje conhecido como Senadinho, surgiu como cenário de discussões políticas no final da década de 60, discussões essas que eram o único modo do cidadão expressar-se politicamente, já que o Acre foi por muito tempo território federal, logo, a população não tinha direito ao voto sendo o governador escolhido pelo presidente que, por sua vez, destacava prefeitos e vereadores. Vindo logo depois a Ditadura, dando cerca de mais 20 anos sem eleições diretas.
O ensaio tem o intuito de preservar a memória, sobretudo, dos seus frequentadores que na sua maioria são descendentes de nordestinos ou mesmo migraram para o Acre durante a 2ª Guerra Mundial, mandados como Soldados da Borracha e que nunca mais voltaram para sua terra-natal. Visa também mostrar um pouco da identidade destes senhores que, todas as quartas e sextas-feiras se vestem e mostram todo seu galanteio no encontro entre amigos. O senhor conhecido como Panelada, frequentador desde que começou o Senadinho, descreve: “Ah, aqui não é só forró, não. Se você quer saber de qualquer coisa que acontece na cidade, é só vir pro Senadinho. Aqui a gente fofoca e sabe de tudo. A gente fala dos políticos, a gente fala da vida alheia, um velho rouba a namorada do outro e todo mundo ri, aqui todo mundo é amigo.” E acrescenta “Eu já sou velho e não tenho mais pretensão nenhuma nessa vida. Hoje minha única razão de viver é o Senadinho. Se eu viajar pra Porto Velho domingo a noite, quarta de manhã cedinho o ‘Panelada tá descendo aqui pro forró.”
We thought a compost bin was a good idea, till the javelinas (wild collared peccaries) discovered it...No we have a critter fence to exclude them from most of our gardens, except when someone forgets to close a gate!
When out kitchen scrap bucket (in our kitchen) is filled, we empty it outside in the compost bin. This is what we had today.
There were two of these on the lid of my compost bin, only emptied earlier in the day. About the size of ladybirds I don't know the species, there are a vast number of these, beetles being one of the most successful insect families.
Nearly completed rotating composter. The gray material is above-ground swimming pool liner, formed into a cylinder with heavy aluminum and lots of pop rivets. Its axle is chain link fence post with bearings of Schedule 80 PVC plumbing pieces, aluminum tubing, polyethelyene pipe, and 1/2 inch stainless steel bolts.
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Ingredienti
250 g circa petti di tacchino [ricetta orig: 140 g petti di pollo + 4 cosce di pollo]
g 140 composta di fichi fioroni [ricetta orig: confettura di fichi]
g 120 panna fresca
g 60 brodo vegetale
prezzemolo [ricetta orig: maggiorana]
olio extravergine d'oliva
sale e pepe
4 fette di pane [ricetta orig: g 200 focaccia]
Preparazione
Ridurre a dadini circa 140 g di tacchino e passarlo al mixer con la panna, una presa di sale e un pizzico di pepe. Infine, mescolare al composto g 80 di composta di fichi. Aprire il rimanente petto di tacchino [ricetta originale: disossare le cosce di pollo], porlo tra due fogli di pellicola e spianarlo delicatamente con il batticarne. Eliminare la pellicola, ricavarne dei quadrati e spianarli delicatamente con il batticarne. Eliminare la pellicola e stendere su ciascuna di essi g 10 di confettura di fichi. Spalmare poi con il composto mixato, arrotolare, avvolgere in un doppio foglio di pellicola, chiudere a caramella alle estremità e bucherellare qua e là con una forchetta. Tuffare i cilindri in brodo vegetale bollente e lasciarli lessare, a fiamma dolce, per 18-20' circa. Una volta cotti, eliminare la pellicola e farli dorare in padella in un filo di olio. Lasciarli intiepidire, quindi affettarli, profumarli con qualche fogliolina di prezzemolo (maggiorana) e servirli, tiepidi, su fette sottili di pane [ricetta orig. focaccia] tranciate con un coppa pasta, leggermente bruschettate e lucidate con olio aromatizzato al prezzemolo (o alla maggiorana). [Tratto da La Cucina Italiana]
Despite the recent freezing temperatures at night, the garden compost is holding steady at a toasty 97 degrees. The orchard compost is about 80. We're working on that. The temps have me thinking more about the outdoor shower.
Raw material used to create compost extract by Alec McIntosh, Larry Johnson, and Shawn Preputin, farmers in Hill County, MT. June 2022
Residents were encouraged to drop off post-Halloween pumpkins on Nov. 4. Some 3,300 pounds of moldering orange flesh were fed into the composter for a possible after-life in parks landscaping.
The Solid Waste Bureau has helped residents reduce the trashing of yard waste material from 26 percent to five percent.
(and accompanying toilet paper). I figured that people would be curious, so I took a picture of the chalet's composting toilet. The hole is covered by two plastic flaps; when you sit down those flaps go down and open the hole. The sawdust on the left goes in when you finish. The liquid and the solids are separated, and when each container is full, it's dumped somewhere in the forest (we didn't have to do this in the week I was there).
Producer Cory Hawks demonstrates the process for making extract from compost heap. Hawks property, Liberty County, MT. June 2021
Vince digs out about 15 gallons of rich, black compost for the garden. We're going to try two bins starting this Fall and stop filling the one we want to empty in the spring. Read more
And now you know how to write compost in Hindi (unless that's Konkanee - it's never totally clear to us what language(s) are being used at SwiftWash).
Aeration tubes in a compost bin that uses the Johnson-Su method. Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson (pictured), and Alec McIntosh, farmers, create compost extract that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
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Bessie and City are quite happy with the fact they got to help me rake the backyard. They think they get to ride to the community compost pile and help unload. I told them after what they did to my rake they might just be left there. They started out quite nice, just exploring the area I had raked with City ocassionally picking up a stray stick, but it changed with both of them attacking the rake and breaking off several tines.
The We're Here group members are paying a visit to the
What's Your Technique? group today.
I like playing with selective colouring so here's my take on the subject.
Vanmorgen hing er een rare geur in huis. De buurman was begonnen met gieren. Laten we zelf dan ook maar meedoen dacht ik maar zo. De komende dagen staan in het teken van groententuin opruimen en compost verdelen. Die rare geur in huis zal dus nog wel even blijven, maar is nu afkomstig van onze eigen kleren en laarzen. De piraten vinden het niet zo erg, kunnen ze lekker lang in bad zodat het ook onder de nagels schoon wordt.
This morning there was a funny smell in the house. Our neighbour farmer started to spread his cow manure. We joined him and worked (and the next couple of days) in our garden and spread our own stable compost.
This photo shows our home compost piles that exhibit various states of decomposition. The bowl is filled with the food scraps on their way to the pile on the right. The right hand pile is our active pile, while the pile on the left if our finished pile from which I was extracting compost for the garden. Notice that the pile is infused with fine roots from the nearby trees -- they have been using the nutrients faster than I can extract them!
I needed to move the compost heap from one side of the garden to the other, in order to dig up the flags next to the bench.
I tried shoving it and working it, but in the end, it was easier to shove it over, slide the plastic free, put it where it needed to go, and then re-fill it with the compost, which had been lying about on the floor.
Bert and I built this composter. All the wood was recycled and we needed to purchase only the screening and latches. The lid latches shut to keep critters out and the front can be removed for ease of turning the pile.
ELAB is loading compost from the heap into the new screen he built. The screen will separate what is finished from stuff that needs to go back in. We are spreading the finished compost all over the yard and garden to make it very happy. The screen works GREAT, and he made it almost entirely from scrap wood. He cut down larger pieces of lumber to make the parts, which was a lot of effort.
Started a couple of weeks ago using a batch of worm castings, kitchen scraps and dried leaves and grass clippings, covered with plastic. It has started to heat up, a very good sign.
Compost extract. The extractor uses water and air to concentrate living biology in compost into liquid that can be used in sprayers, seeders, and other equipment to jump start soil biology. Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson, and Alec McIntosh, farmers, create compost extract that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022