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Bits of broken glass sifted from commerical compost donated to my local community garden. Disquieting to find, but I liked how it looked in this composition.
So, debate centers around Compost or Urea to rapidly decompose organic matter in the field. While Urea pellets are synthetically manufactured, it is still OMRI listed. And, organic OMRI listed compost isn't Soil Regeneration compliant. OMRI Compost from a dump is reclaimed yard waste, wood, glass, and plastic, same with "table to farm" compost.
Urea will have an almost overnight response to an application. Compost needs time to, well, decompose. In addition to the plethora of necessary bacteria you got some nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and organic matter. Ruff numbers, 280 lbs nitrogen, 98 lbs phosphorus, and 98 lbs of potassium per acre for 300 tons of compost only applied to 40 acres. The slow decomposition will over winter the worms nicely.
Guess what I chose. I believe I got around 7 tons to the acre applied. Next I need to stir things up a little.
We moved my compost bin (again) the other day. This is the 3rd location. Hope 3rd time is a charm but just in the past couple of days it's already flooded from the thunderstorms & almost killed the worms I bought & then today I had fire ants AGAIN! Grrrr.
Cleaning out my phone from the past week.
Once upon a time there was a chipmunk who liked to perch on the compost container and chirp. He fell into a relatively empty bucket one day and no one noticed until after he had died, presumably of exposure. Since then there's always a banch in the bucket to afford a critter escape route, but there hasn't been another chirping chipmunk.
A demonstration garden isn't nearly as effective, without good signage. The OSU Extension Master Gardener Program in Wasco County, OR collaborated with their local waste disposal company to make and place signs that described various composting displays.
I know that there are folks who don't like to think about things like manure and compost. I think it's a beautiful thing. Not only is the science of what is going on fascinating, I think it's just inherently cool.
SUMMER OF COMPOST - 2010
Day 2.
Edible Office has Summer of Compost.
Google has Summer of Code.
During the Summer of Compost, I am turning compost daily.
This is what it looks like after I have mixed the kitchen peelings with the compost starter I made. In this new pile, underneath what you see on top, there is also some dried cow dung.