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Worms will turn kitchen waste into valuable rich compost that adds so much to garden soil.

Animation Compost'Avenue du 5 avril 2014

 

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end result - but ed properly finished it off after i'd left

This is the pile of leaves we're composting on a new bed.

Final Compost from the DRANCO plant in Muenster after the post-digester SORDISEP process. The starting feedstock is black bin or residual waste.

The composting operation: community garden members and the church recycle various materials for compost.

Time to harvest. Wonder Worman’s Super Composting Red Wigglers were busy of the summer - and it’s time to gather up the compost.

Wheelbarrow full of organic compost, straight from our compost bin

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Turf removed and stacked in front to prevent compost spilling out.

standard open area pile: grass, leaves, kitchen scraps, old flowers, etc.

I use a spade shovel to chop up or pulverize stuff - the smaller the better. Open a pit in the middle, toss in the new stuff, then scoop loose material from around the edge (to keep things tidy) and toss it on top. I trick i use, I add old potting/garden soil to pile from spent plants. This slows the compost process a bit, but sometimes I'm also able to dig in sooner.

I used to pick them out, but then realized (thanks to some comments here) that they are probably doing more good in there than harm. I do pick them out before using the compost in the vegetable bed since I think these things are known for eating plant roots.

They huddle like two cold twins, waiting for the spring composting season to begin

Mundane and not particularly beautiful... the contents of our compost bin (also known around here as the "raccoon feeder") - I glanced in there and thought it looked funny that everything was orange/white/brown.

Fish waste compost bins at Sweetgrass Garden Co-op in South Carolina. The co-op received Southern SARE funding to study the benefits of fish waste compost on organic vegetable production.

Closing up bay 1 on our compost set up and adding some nourishing goodness to the pile before winter- nitrogen rich stinging nettles that activate/accelerate the decomposition process, some fresh chicken manure from a friend’s farm (full of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus) and other nourishing goodness. Chicken manure increases the soil’s water holding capacity, provides a food source for soil microbes increasing soil biodiversity and slowly releases micro and macro nutrients. If a compost pile is correctly balanced and at least four feet high, it can produce enough heat even during the cold winter months to decompose. This will sit undisturbed for about 6-12 months and then the rich nourishing fresh soil should be ready to be added to our garden soil while we start working on Bay 2.

 

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Overcast light, low aperture, DOF focus in foreground of composition

Animation Compost'Avenue du 5 avril 2014

 

© Metz Métropole - Christian Legay

We got a home composter throught the city of Minneapolis. Now we will be washing eggshells and saving banana peels all for grade A dirt.

compost keeps the greenhouses warm all year long

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