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A drawing I've made for May issue of the poster zine Composter. I'm playing with lots of naturalistic themes lately and this also serves as a preview of things to come.
a charming little wood mouse stocking up on seeds from our compost heap - note I'm using the 100mm macro lens - I was about 2-3 feet away, and it wasn't concerned at all. More to follow ;D
Our garden, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK
Some old apples on a compost pile.
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A photo of our home composting bin. I built this last fall out of mostly scrap materials we had in our garage. The side panels are roughly 36" X 36". California composting can be difficult because it is so dry here...but the rains of late have been helpful in getting this compost to "kick" and it is finally getting hot.
Northern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor ssp. constrictor
Location: Durham NC (USA)
I was startled to find this large racer when I opened the compost bin. I returned with my phone and a camera. Got a couple of phone shots, but the snake dove out through one of the ventilation slots when I tried to lean in for a nice macro with the camera. Oh well.
The cold compost method will produce compost in one to two years. Hot composting takes only three to six months. Photo by Tiffany Woods.
Home made compost tumbler.
I made it from things I had at home. The barrel was free from a dairy and I had the hardware for about 20 years. I save everything thats of value, and my value system is probably different than most.
So my wife say's
Both sit and squat varieties! Sawdust is used to cover waste and in a few weeks, beautiful soil results, with no odor or unpleasantness!
Great Dixters compost heap is the biggest I've seen, although I believe Kew Gardens claim to have the biggest! This one however was complete with growing marrows. I would love to size the size of the marrows when they are ready!
out the window yesterday....find the compost bins ! Then see an orchid in winter.... then dried Chinese Lanterns beside a window, in soft dusty light.....
Quebecers will have to get used to the presence of a third recycle bin which will be designed to collect organic materials such as grass and leaves, but leftovers.
20191011_1377_7D2-50 Compost Bins
At the start of this day the bin on the right did not exist. The bin on the left was my old bin #3, built about six months ago (in autumn/fall) and was full to 1m high.
We have decided to put a 3m x 3m garden shed behind the garage (to store some of my son's stuff) and therefore the old compost bins 1 and 2 (built about a year ago) have to be moved, as well as the 1,000 litre water tank that collects rainwater from the garage roof. It will go in part of the space vacated by old bin #2.
Therefore old bin #3 (on the left) is now new bin #1, there is a new bin #2 (now with the contents of old #3/new #1) and the third bin is yet to be built.
Each bin is approximately 1.2m wide x 1m deep and up to 1m high, so today I built bin #2 and shifted 1.2 cubic metres of compost, as well as looking after the two grand kids for the last day of the school holidays. Term 4 starts on Monday!
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We have been successfully composting kitchen wastes for two years now and are very happy that we don't have a lot of garbage to throw out to the daily waste collector!
The pots are from Daily Dump, Bangalore. If you do have a bit of yard space, do consider trying this. It really is not difficult or time consuming at all.
We segregate 'Dry Waste' (plastics, paper, glass etc for recycling) and 'Wet Waste' (Vegetable peels, food, waste from cleaning the floors etc). The Dry waste needs to be given only once a week. and the wet waste comes to hardly a mug full, that I really don't need a plastic cover to dump that. I just line my waste bin with a newspaper, just so that it doesn't get messy.
Update December 2010:
Still composting at home and now cannot think of any other way! :)
When the worm compost turned 6 months we celebrated with this! under is a mousse of soy cream cheese, soy vanilla pudding and chocolate, the "top soil" is chocolate and crushed cookies... And finally the worms are made from agar agar, water and raspberry jam, poured into straws. After a few hours in the fridge... voila'! WORMS.