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What nature drops into the environment composts and regenerates into new growth.
The same cannot be said for mankind's deposits.
BREAKING NEWS My 400th picture to be viewed over 1,000 times (July 2015). First uploaded March 2014.
December
Now a book. Tho this one wasn't selected.
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I got me a 7 Cu-Ft (52 gal.) composter for the backyard - recycle more of my trash into something useful.
I mentioned to a fellow employee that used coffee make a good fertilizer, or compost ingredient. Then the following Monday my desk is covered with used coffee grains.
A high quality (PAS 100 certified) compost output produced by composting garden waste and food waste in a verticle in-vessel composting unit.
This bucket of soil started life as (non-meat) kitchen waste. After six months or so in a pile with occasional turnings of soil and shredded newspaper, it goes back to the garden. A satisfying domestic activity!
I haven't bought a bag of "topsoil" in years!
The leaves are new shoots of Four O'Clocks--Mirabilis Jalapa.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabilis_jalapa
Allotment parsnips made into soup. f/10
December
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:
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Finally got a chance to try out the 'new' screener. The compost is still frozen in the middle so it was difficult to get a full bucket of 'post. We had to adjust the offset weights to get the vibration but it works very well now. The motor runs at just a hair above idle, any faster and it smooths itself out. We had to put up some plywood due to wind.
Just finished my triple-bin compost bins. Used cedar fence boards and 2x4s. The mesh lid (open-able) keeps the birds and squirrels out. The front panel is removable for digging.
I tossed out the old plastic compost bin I kept on my counter; it might have been attracting ants. Until I can get another container, I am using an old plastic drink pitcher that has a lid.
I'm in a compost class. Yeah I actually get credits for it and everything. This is an experiment where we are comparing two different bulking agents, wood chips vs straw. Here we are using a manure spreader to mix up the compost in an enclosed bin
started with green kitchen scraps and dry grass. 4:1 brown/carbon:green/nitrogen. A few weeks of adding more kitchen scraps, turning, and dialing in the moisture level has produced very rich results. This is a 32 gallon bin and is about half full of compost so far. There are a lot of larger diameter sticks that are not breaking down, but i believe they enhance aeration. 10mm holes on the sides, top, and bottom about every 10cm.
Inside the compost heap, we put mostly our kitchen and garden waste.
Here you can see fruit and vegetable peelings (carrot, onion, potato, orange), salamis, tea bags or leaves; basically everything that is organic. You can even put egg shells.
By learning skills like composting, crop diversification, organic pesticide production, seed multiplication and agro-forestry farmers in Malawi are increasing their ability to feed their families over the long term. Visit our website www.fyf.org.uk/news/lomadefunep.htm or our blog findyourfeet.wordpress.com/category/climate-change/ to read more
We are avid recyclers. Every non-meat food scrap ends up in this compost heap. It will be quite a pile come spring.