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The drip tray of our worm compost bin is supposed to drain through the spout on the front, but it only takes a tiny bit of solid matter to block the spout, and then you end up with this - a lake of slightly gross compost water. I cleaned this up tonight.
Because we have to make the most of every inch of cupboard space, I now don't have room to hide a compost bucket away. This porcelain one from Ecology is rather fancy, with a charcoal odour absorbing liner in the lid.
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This Creative Morning RDU talk was hosted virtually.
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Local Partners: Counter Culture Coffee, WALTER Magazine, 21C Museum Hotel, Compost Now, VAE Raleigh
Photos by Chika Gujarathi -www.theantibland.com
transplanted azalea, cleared weeds and grass. need a little more soil conditioning with our wormy compost before planting some winter squash seeds!
Marni Thompson (L), 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, 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
Our completed compost had tons and tons of worms!
Blogged here: www.joeysplanting.com/2012/06/08/compost-and-worms/
Lucy posing by our new indoor composter. The shaking head is because we just opened the top of it and the ripe smell has assaulted her sensitive terrier nose. WE haven't exactly worked the kinks out of what was promised to be "an odorless unit".
But kids, you can try this at home: leftcoastcowboys.blogspot.com/2008/07/brown-green-and-com...