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Food served is served on compostable plates in the Longworth cafeteria. (Photo by Lauren Schwartzberg/ Medill News Service)
This is the three bin compost area I built at my grandmother's house. The bins are made from pallets and dressed up with driftwood out of Torch Lake. The front boards are fence pickets that were about a dollar each and they slide in from the sides to build up the front as the bin is filled.
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Time or money invested in your garden’s soil always brings the best returns: healthy, vigorous plants and great harvests. And when you keep yard waste and kitchen scraps from the landfill you’re doubly rewarded. You can buy ready-made, organic compost to get a jump start. But it’s easy and inexpensive to make your own with the right materials and good equipment.
Pretty Handy Girl made a perfect guide for beginners.
So what can be composted? Basically only raw fruits and veggies (and egg shell) kitchen scraps. Here is the basic list:
Kitchen scraps
raw fruits
vegetables
egg shells
Coffee grounds and the filter
Newspapers, non-glossy cardboard, paper towels
Leaves (brown for carbon and green for nitrogen rich)
Grass clippings
Plant & flower clippings
Yard waste
What can’t be composted?
Meats
Dairy products
Processed foods
Plastic
Man made substances
Metals
Of course, we suggest you to build the perfect compost bin from pallets. Now you can start to get a beautiful garden soil next spring:
Our compost bins are filled to the brim... mostly with all the fallen leaves from our garden and from my brother's humungous Planetree
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/
I thought our compost bowl from preparing tonight's dinner was kind of artful. Chris made a lovely homeade tomato sauce with carrots and onions and lots of garlic and then pork meatballs. Delish!
Compost making exercise
Permaculture Design Certificate
With Nick Ritar + special guests
Alexandria, Sydney Australia
May-August 2010
Compost Worm Bin Workshop at UMass Amherst for Earth Day 2016.
Photographer credit: Keith Toffling
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"Compost" - marker on paper - 7" x 5" - 2010 // $25
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I'm not sure exactly why, but composting is kind of exciting. My bin now has an earthworm! It could be multiple earthworms, but I only see one at a time...
The compost shed is progressing: rafters are in place, and they're getting strapped together. Hopefully before too long.
Repost @dart_humanitarian_engineering: The Compost Tea team has been hard at work these past couple of weeks training our new members and setting up the newest research experiment in the Life Sciences Center. The project has its sights set high for the term—conducting research in the greenhouse and at the organic farm, continuing collaboration with Ecuador and planning travel, and competing in an eco challenge. A team will be traveling to DC this friday to present and compete against 30 other finalists, so keep an eye out for further updates!