For many years I've enjoyed making and using compost but today was the first time that I noticed that the randomly distributed flowers, vegetable and fruit peelings had produced an interesting 'art work'. Could this be the next big thing in fine art genres?

Oak Street Community Garden; Kingston, Ontario.

March 24, 2016

Aunt Shirley and Uncle Hal gave us this compost bin (and a small countertop model to match) when we moved in to the house. And since then, it's been in constant use. We put in all our kitchen scraps, and sometimes we'll throw in some shredded leaves. A lot of leaves in the fall, and then we throw some in as necessary through the summer (when there's too much "green" material) until they run out. In the fall I open a door at the bottom and shovel some out to throw on the garden, and every once in a while - maybe three or four times a year - I'll mix it up with a pitchfork. That's all there is to it.

This year, there were "compostable" cups that people could use instead of the traditional Reunions cups.

Australian tumbleweed compost bin,

Ptecticus trivittatus. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, UDA.

most painterly compost bowl to date.

Detail of inner track for gate to run along

Compost bins

After finding the compost, locating the friend that did it and making a trip to the local pound shop, we made compost castles outside his door.

you prolly do not want a list of ingredients... ;)

the contents of my compost bin - interesting colours and shapes

Fungi in my Compost Bin. I had in that compost bin, rotting Malay Apples, small tropical fruit. These fungi were growing and I actually had my head in this bin to get these closeups. It sounds gross but they are small and I had to get close to get the macros, and the bin did not smell. LOL. A few more of these can be seen in this SET:- www.flickr.com/photos/25747229@N00/sets/72157594504333027/

Library patrons learned about composting in Purcell

A good spring on the allotment with the rhubarb in its fourth year absolutely bursting with growth and more than enough purple sprouting broccoli (no offcuts there tho becos you eat the whole thing).

April

Now published with 16 other photographs from this group:

Compostion

ISBN 9781-870736-17-6

17 large Premium colour photographs plus an Afterword

36 pages, 216 x 280mm, Hardback.

Retail price: £18 $25

Short Description: A book of 17 photographs taken of my compost caddy whenever I found the contents interesting because of the colours or composition of elements or both. The photographs were taken with natural light from a skylight which gives a variation in the speed and aperture used. This information is recorded on the facing page with date of capture. The camera used was always a Sigma DP2 with Foveon sensor.

See previews here:

stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2018/09/compostion-advance-...

Marni Thompson, NRCS soil health specialist, listens as Shawn Preputin (R), farmer, explains the Johnson-Su method used to create compost extract 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

Found this growing round the compost today, about 20cm diameter. Don't know what it's called.

Composting is important, even in the winter.

Crazy for Composting at The New York Botanical Garden 2/15/14

Compost toilet. Have you ever seen such a beautifully hand crafted toilet in the middle of a field?

this is my current list of ingredients in my bio-ponic compost tea- everything food grade.

Anyone need some free compost? Well, if you can get up here to Fairbanks, there's a free pile of composted, er, "waste matter" from the sewage treatment facility off of Peger Road (or wherever it's located here) that's yours for the taking.

They've got quite a fair amount of composted sewage down there which they're more than eager to sell you, either by the truckload or cubic yard.

Stück eines Komposthaufens... Wollte daraus mal eine Textur basteln, wurde aber nix daraus. ^^

I was about to throw these cuttings on the compost and thought it would make a cool image.

timvidra.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-composting-part-ii.html

Blogged:

www.heartfelt.co.nz/my_weblog/2012/03/three-little-garden...

Compost flies mating. Focus stacked using zerene

My wife and I have been composting for over 30 years, long before it was popular to do so. Actually, back then, it was not unheard of to be ordered by one's city or municipality to stop composting.

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Golden Mean

Tip from the garden lady in our local newspaper.

Stainless steel counter-top compost pail means that getting your compost from kitchen to compost heap or food waste digester is easy and attractive. With a double layer of extra-thick carbon filters (changeable every 4-6 months).

Did you know you can water your garden with the juice from the bottom of your compost jar? Read more my blog post about it here!

jennypittam.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/watering-your-garden...

A plastic compost bin works great in small, urban backyards.