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I originally bought this bin and named it "Yard Waste" because my city used to have free curbside recycling of such things. With the recent budget cuts, they stopped that but still offer free regular trash pickup. Rather than put my yard waste in with the trash that ends up in the landfill, where it turns into methane gas, I'm attempting to turn this bin into a mini home composter by drilling holes into it for aeration.
Today I spent about half an hour digging over the compost & wheel barrowing it to the greenhouse. Not much fun with a wheel barrow that has a flat tyre!
These utensils are made of either a sugar or corn-based plastic, so they will break down and decompose in any composting program or in a landfill. SeaWorld and SeaWorld's Aquatica use these, along with paper straws. Now, if only someone could talk some sense into them about wasting food.
This home built machine uses a concrete mixer and screen to separate the large and fine materials after the compost is finished. Only the fine materials will be used in the extractor. Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson, and Alec McIntosh (pictured), farmers, create compost extract that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
This home built machine uses a concrete mixer and screen to separate the large and fine materials after the compost is finished. Only the fine materials will be used in the extractor. Shawn Preputin, Larry Johnson, and Alec McIntosh (pictured), farmers, create compost extract that is applied to their crop fields to bolster soil microbes and improve soil health. Hill County, MT; June 2022
I built this enclosure for my compost heap out of these ceramic things I found in somebody's parking lot.
Mixing compost tea with our Black Gold - finished, cured home-turned compost - to brew overnight. Not appetizing to you and me, but I swear I see the plants in the garden perking up and salivating impatiently for it!
Last of the flowering tulips and residue of this week's vegetable, fruit, and coffee consumption are relegated to the compost bin.
Compost pile bacteria - Wild Heerbrugg M20, HI 100 oil immersion, celestron imaging camera. sub micron
I made a thing. While not exactly fine woodworking, it is wood, and it should work fine. Lynda seems happy. Those front slats just lift out, so don't worry, she's not trapped in there.
Made an outdoor compost bin out of pallets, I can always expand this horzontally to 2-3 if I ever have that much material to add.
Everything from the Tomato & Pepper Garden is in this compost pile along with some leaves and existing compost...
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
Marni Thompson (R), NRCS soil health specialist, and Shawn Preputin (L) use a brix meter to test the level of sugar in green growing crops where compost extract was applied in the field to help get a relative idea of the health of the plant. Larry Johnson, Shawn Preputin, 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
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
Marni Thompson, NRCS soil health specialist, examines crop roots where compost extract is applied in the field. Notice soil sticking to roots showing the formation of glomalin, a sugar that helps to glue soil aggregates together creating stable soils that are able to infiltrate and store more water. Larry Johnson, Shawn Preputin (R), 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
Don Filomon Delgado produces his own organic compost to fertilize his farm and looks forward to getting the support to implement additional improvements when the conservation funds become available.
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.
I love this method of composting and try and tell anyone who will listen about the wonders of Bokashi!
see the amazing effect it has had on my garden here:
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for more info, please see my blog
Raw material used to create compost extract by Alec McIntosh, Larry Johnson, and Shawn Preputin, farmers in Hill County, MT. June 2022