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Compost yield from 2011 season: 55 x 55 x 70 cm material; destined for the newly constructed Main Raised bed.
Photo By Rachel Larue
Michael Bryan-Brown, president and chief engineer of Green Mountain Technologies, and Michael Khalamayzer, acting director of Directorate of Environmental Management, speak about the new composting system (seen in the background) on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall during the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment Program Review, Aug. 28.
The simplest compost pit: three sticks of sharpened kawayan (bamboo) and a rice sack with the bottom cut out. I'm teaching the volunteers and local families how to use these, and although it's one of the simpler practices to comprehend, it's amazing just how often it gets neglected or goes wrong. The idea of throwing food away in a trash can has become appaling to me.
Compost pile, sunny Sunday afternoon. Amazing what you can turn grass clippings, coffee grounds, banana peels and other things into. This compost is what gives tomatoes and eggplants all their flavor.
Katie is such a project dog. She loves hanging out while we're working in the yard. She really liked when I added Starbucks coffee grounds to the compost bin yesterday. She rolled all around being silly.
Someone in my builing has a composting bin in the backyard and I've finally found out who it is so that I can compost too. I've been wanting to compost for years but have never had the outdoor or indoor space for it. I thought about starting a worm bin in my apartment but really I don't know where I would put it.
Okay, so nobody would ever accuse me of being a gardener as my yard is no example of intentional vegetative growth. What you see here is a dark corner where leaves that have fallen from trees and cut grass has been composted. The Virginia soil, if you can even call it that, consists of red clay and rocks. While pilling grass in leaves in a corner is far more convenient that bagging it and putting it out for the trash man, it also serves the purpose of providing nutrients to soil and creating a bed for plants to grow. The area of my yard where leaves and grass are composted stays moist without being saturated, which allows for decomposition to occur at a faster rate. When the composted material breaks down enough, and the fungi, bacteria, and insects have done their work, this rich soil can be moved to areas where tomatoes, strawberries, or any other plant is being grown to ensure adequate nutrition from the soil, and a place for roots to dig in.
Halfway through moving the old compost into place. I would put a layer of dirt on top of a layer of old compost and then water it.
After watching videos by Dr Gary Fettke - google him - we realised why these apples and bananas did not make us feel good after eating them. These modern fruits are truly sugar bombs. Only fruit from our own garden from now on, in season and fresh.
These "commercially compostable" forks in Red Square are an example of a sustainable solution to disposable silverware. Todd Matsunami & Lauren Hughes