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Chocolate and butterscotch chip cookies with potato chips, pretzels and coffee. Sweet Pea Bakery in Bozeman, Montana
The Eco-Justice Center recognizes that compost is an important element of sustainability. They host a variety of schools and organizations and educate them on the benefits of composting. Their compost is made using manure from the farm's animals, various weeds and food scraps from their kitchen and the nearby Sienna Center. There are three separate bins in the photo. Each bin is at a different stage of decomposition. The piles include nitrogen from green materials and carbon from brown materials. Each pile is around 3x3 feet, the ideal dimension to be effective. Each pile is also equipped with a thermometer to measure the internal temperature of the active compost. The ideal compost temperature should not exceed 165 degrees to avoid spontaneous combustion. Turning the compost at least once a week will add oxygen and aerate the pile to help speed the process and avoid combustion. This helps to produce bacteria and fungi that provide a nutrient rich compost. Once the compost is mature it will add micro and macro nutrients to your soil. A healthier soil will result in better drainage and water retention that helps prevent erosion. A healthy soil will also help with root penetration. The amended soil will attract earth worms and others to help aerate the soil. Healthy plants can help to prevent weeds and reduce the need for pesticides.
After sifting the fine stuff, the slightly coarser material gets tipped into the 'muck bucket'. If some falls on the ground, it just goes back into the compost pile. Perhaps some day I'll make a more efficient 'catching system'.
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Garden composter made of recycled pallets and wood.
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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/
My Mom has halted putting new materials in the compost bin, so the existing compost can finish... composting. I guess this is why she wanted to move the second one here, so she can put all these into it.
Cycling through one to four years, this four-stage compost method allows Towers to close nutrient loops on the share stead.
My wife wanted a way to sift the large chunks out of the compost so we made this with stuff we had in the garage. The only thing we bought was the mesh.
This is the worm bin in all it's trash-filled glory. It was given to me by a friend, and is working quite nicely now that I've cleaned it out and filled it with fresh bedding and worms and organic fruit & veg scraps.
My wife wanted a way to sift the large chunks out of the compost so we made this with stuff we had in the garage. The only thing we bought was the mesh.
Witness the compost. I have three of these huge bins, the two you can see here and a new one I'm starting in between them.
I fill these bins with garden scraps, non-seedy weeds, yard trimmings and chicken litter. I don't bother turning them at all. I give them a little water once in a while and then screen them in the spring. Each bin makes 2-3 big garbage cans full of finished compost. I'm not quite to the point where I don't need to buy any compost, but I'm getting there.
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The frame of recycled cedar posts stacked on concrete pavers to keep the wood off the ground.
Coming together: more salvaged and recycled cedar. Former deck stairs create the base. We could have parked our deck chairs right there, it's so sturdy!
Hardware cloth on; first bin complete!
Complete! New metal roof, and compost curing in its new home.
The finished product!
Here is a step by step example of a compost bin !
I,m about half way through turning the compost into the end bin. This requires the compost to be chopped off vertically, in six inch slices with a spade. Then thrown over into the next bin, ensuring that it breaks up and gets plenty of air in it. Sometimes the compost can be quite dry and needs wetting, but this lot isn,t.