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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.
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.
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.
Led by Rick Hatcher, Board Member for the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) & Rob Bennaton, UC Cooperative Extension Director for Alameda and Contra Costa County and Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor
Pictured above: Next add wilted vegetables or vegetable trimmings and melons that the worms will munch on. Use only fruit that rot quickly. No stone fruits or bananas, as they take longer to decompose and will attract fruit flies, which you want to avoid.
Seed Lending Library participants learned how to improve their gardens and reduce waste by starting and maintaining a compost and worm bin. Rick Hatcher, Rob Bennaton, and master gardener Irene Beebe provided hands-on instruction at this workshop for beginners.
Green waste can easily be converted into a valuable soil amendment for your garden, resulting in more productive vegetables or flowers. This conversion is known as “composting”... “recycling” your green waste. Worm composting is a simple, natural method for converting fruit and vegetable scraps from your yard and kitchen into rich nutrients. The worms, with help from micro-organisms, convert the bedding and food waste into compost within a few weeks. The resulting compost is an excellent soil amendment that can be used as a fertilizer for your garden.
For additional information, here is an excellent online resource to assist you in creating and maintaining a worm bin: "Worm Composting" (Stop Waste) -
www.stopwaste.org/preventing-waste/residents/worm-composting
This workshop was presented as part of the Hayward Seed Lending Library, sponsored by the Friends of the Hayward Library. The Seed Lending Library operates as a community seed exchange. "Check out" a variety of vegetable and flower seeds to plant in your personal garden. In return, consider harvesting some of the seeds from mature plants for your own use and for sharing with the Seed Lending Library. It's easy to become a member or volunteer - learn more at: hayward-ca.gov/seeds. Join the Hayward Seed Lending Library Club's interactive forum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/haywardseeds/
This is some of the compost produced by our vermiculture bin. This is like gold and will help our plants produce a maximum yield this season.
Joe and I picked up a trailer full of compost from the municipal park on Sunday. I am really enjoying having the trailer.
Those ubiquitous newspaper boxes that have lain dormant with the rise of the web have found new life – literally. The New York Compost Box Project is an urban intervention offering another way for New Yorkers to divert food waste from landfills and raise awareness about composting in the city.
It's simple! Just deposit food scraps into one of the buckets inside the box! It will be turned into a a nutrient-rich soil amendment to be used locally in community gardens, street tree beds or on household plants!
Le jardin de Julien - La Brillanne
Julien Romilly
La biodiversité au jardin…
Savoir faire partagés
- Ateliers jardinage selon les saisons pour savoir cultiver son potager et ses vergers bio à la maison (réussir ses plants, son compost, l’enherbement…)
- Découverte et dégustation des variétés anciennes de légumes
Our rolling composter seemed to be dropping more food on the ground
rather than breaking it down. I repaired lid by bolting another small
section of aluminum flashing. I know it looks pretty half ass (and it
is!), but it does the job.
"30 Things You Should Be Putting In Your Compost Pile"
It is said that “one man’s trash is another one’s treasure.” This is certainly true of compost, where nature magically recycles basic kitchen scraps into “black gold” for your garden.
[photo via @Foodlander editor Annette Shade]
The farm manager, Amy Rice-Jones, planted oats as a cover crop this past winter on this plot. Our first line of business was to pull them out and start a compost pile with them and any weeds to clear the way for our work.