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Using an old corn crib conveyor to build a compost windrow. Once the windrow is done we will use a manure spreader to blend all the materials and add water as necessary. As a note it takes about 24 hours for the material to heat up to about 155F
If you're willing to dull your lawn mower blade a little then don't be afraid to run over twigs. These make for great spacers in your compost pile which are crucial for it to be successful.
Blogger Jessica enjoys her coffee. In her newest post, she shares the the joy of using her coffee grounds more than once: mcrecycles.blogspot.com/2013/03/reuse-coffee-grounds-and-....
A high quality (PAS 100 certified) compost output produced by composting garden waste and food waste in a verticle in-vessel composting unit.
Finger Lakes Food/Flower Gardens
We found a source of pallets for our compost, Stu got these for a super good price.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today's ingredients are compost, water and magic beans.
And some gardening gloves for good measure. :)
You can hardly see the water but I am soaked, and muddy and way more gross than yesterday's photo. This was a lot less fun to clean up too.
I wanted to use browny colours but I don't think I'm very good with them; this is the best I could do/be bothered to do. :P
If I get 5 my fans on my Facebook by tomorrow, I'll have 5 more fans on my facebook! BY TOMORROW.
I'm hilarious. Goodbye.
We are avid recyclers. Every non-meat food scrap ends up in this compost heap. It will be quite a pile come spring.
Our attempt at thermophilic compost. It's not staying very hot consistently, but it has jumped up to 118°F for a few days at a time.
UPDATE (May): once we started using sawdust instead of peat moss as the cover material, the temperature shot up. We consistently are at or above 130°F now!
LEAF OR LEAVES is the topic for Saturday 5th September, 2015
About 40% leaves; the rest is kitchen recyling, garden stuff, prunings, grass clippings, probably a little soil and whatever else I think I can compost. This compost has been brewing for three years . I was able to get ten wheelbarrow loads from this bin. We have seven in total; this was the largest one.
So, I quit my job and chose to spend over $100 on compost, mulch and pea straw.
Sure, I could have spent the money on food, but this investment will make my garden (and vegetables) grow better.
The bay of Porto Corallo and the beach of Quirra are the coastal gems of Villaputzu, while the countryside is very fertile, because it lies to the north of the Flumendosa estuary, on a small sun-kissed plain. All round the village are rocky outcrops and torrents, with dense woods of ilex, myrtle and strawberry trees, home to the rare griffon vulture.The territory of Villaputzu is attractive and varied, offering a medley of all the attractions of southern Sardinia: at Is Paulatzas, crystal clear waterfalls burble until the month of May amongst the granite rocks and pink oleanders; in the hinterland are abandoned mines; along the coast, to the north of the village, is the Quirra lagoon, stretching behind the long deserted beach.The area of Quirra in part comes under a military easement and has thus been preserved from beach resort development. Quirra is the ideal place for lovers of “no-kiosk beaches”; the lagoon is home to flamingos, heron, swans and the other bird species inhabiting the 10 lagoons of southern Sardinia.A marina, overlooked by a Spanish tower (16th century) has recently been constructed in the historic mooring area from which, starting from the 17th century, divers set out to harvest coral; subsequently it was used to load the minerals and metals mined in the Sarrabus (silver, lead, antimony, fluorite and barite).The first peoples to settle in the fertile territory of Villaputzu were the proto-Sardinians who in the 3rd millennium BC built the rock-cut tombs (domus de janas) of Is Angurtidorgius. In the 7th century BC, the Phoenicians founded the settlement of Sàrcapos just outside today’s village: the ruins of the acropolis can still be seen on the hill of S. Maria.The historic nucleus of Villaputzu developed round the parish church of San Giorgio but the greatest architectural gem of the town lies to the north, at km 83 of state road 125: the beautiful isolated church of San Nicola di Quirra, a rare example of Romanesque architecture built entirely in red brick, between the 13th and 14th centuries.From the church can be seen the high spur crowned by the ruins of the Castle of Quirra (about 1150), which is reached by a signposted footpath. The effort of the steep uphill walk is amply repaid by the spectacular view over the long beach and deep blue sea.
A circa 4 km. da Villaputzu, si trova la località turistica di Porto Corallo, con bel porticciolo di circa 400 posti barche, e una bella spiaggia su cui guarda una torre spagnola.La denominazione della torre risale già al XVI secolo per la forte presenza, nell'area, di corallari. La torre controllava una zona strategica: la foce del Flumendosa. Quest'area era già frequentata in epoca punica, come approdo della città di Sarcapos/Sarrabos e, in epoca medievale, era difesa dallo scomparso castello di Malvicino o Sarrabos. Il fortilizio attuale, a 15 m s.l.m., era in contatto visivo con la torre di Monte Rosso, a N, e quelle delle Saline e di Capo Ferrato, a S. La torre venne costruita dalla Reale Amministrazione delle Torri nell'ultimo decennio del XVI secolo. La forma è cilindrica, con un leggero svasamento; l'altezza, dal livello di terra fino alla sommità dello spalamento della terrazza, è di 14 m. L'ingresso al primo piano è aperto a 6,5 m da terra; la camera interna, circolare, presenta un diametro di 6 m, una volta cupolata e tre troniere. Questo ambiente, detto anche casamatta, cioè la camera interna a prova di bomba, alla destra dell'ingresso, presenta una scala che porta al piano superiore e interna alla muratura. Sempre nel primo piano si possono notare un caminetto e la botola per discendere nella cisterna sottostante. Nel piano superiore, originariamente aperto, detto anche piazza d'armi, era costruita la mezzaluna, una struttura leggera, dalla forma semicircolare, realizzata in canne e coppi, che si appoggiava nel parapetto fronte terra; il suo scopo era quello di proteggere le munizioni e gli uomini della torre per la notte; nel lato mare, invece, la muratura era merlata per l'alloggiamento dei cannoni. La torre, in una relazione del 1720, appare in buono stato; cinquant'anni dopo, il manufatto necessitava di restauro e così, fra il 1777 e il 1778, fu demolita e ricostruita la struttura superiore fino al livello del boccaporto; altri interventi furono realizzati nel 1791 e nel 1798. La torre, nella relazione del 1767 del piemontese Ripol, è indicata come torre di guardia con una piccola guarnigione composta da un alcaide, due soldati e un armamento costituito da due sole spingarde. Nel secolo XIX il piano superiore venne chiuso, fu innalzato tutto il parapetto e tutte le merlature vennero trasformate in finestre; nello stesso periodo venne addossata alla torre una scala in pietra. La torre di Porto Corallo, come scrive Della Marmora, subì l'attacco nel 1812 di una flotta di barbareschi della Tunisia, respinto grazie all'intervento di genti di Villaputzu e Muravera. Attorno agli anni trenta dell'Ottocento la torre venne riparata su progetto dell'architetto Melis; quindi, dopo il 1842, data della soppressione della Reale Amministrazione delle Torri, adibita ad altri scopi. È stata restaurata nel 1984.
Nik working in the compost toilet chambers. Each of the three toilets will be positioned directly above it's own chamber. The floor of the chamber is first covered with old beer crates to provide drainage and airspace. This is then covered with horticultural mesh which is secured to the walls of the chamber with plastic hose pipe.
If you are never sure what goes in which bin at Ellwoods Coffeeshop, Whole Foods shows you exactly what goes in which.
This is one of our four compost bins. We made it using discarded wooden palettes (and a little chicken wire). The bungie cords are holding the front door closed.
You know you're doing something wrong when you have to weed your compost pile. On the other hand, those are the healthiest tomato plants I have this year... I'm curious to see what they turn out to be. There's a dahlia in there, too, to my surprise... One of my discarded trimmings back in the fall must have had some life in it, after all.