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

From weeds and leaves to next year's dirt. I recently moved this in order for it to catch more sun, it's working quite a bit better.

Terra Nova Rural Nature Park,

Thompson, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Terra Nova means 'New Land' in Latin. The land was first used as a grounds for hunting, fishing, and housing by the Musqueam First Nations people. This area was later claimed by European migrants as the area of Richmond was among the earlier Crown Grant subdivisions. Both groups of people contribute to this rural landscape's agricultural and fishing history.

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.

I thought this was so beautiful. I had to photograph it before I took it out the compost pile.

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!

Compost is piled up at Oregon State University's student-run organic farm in Corvallis.

Skeletor leaf! Try it biggified.

in the raindrop on a tulip, I turned this pic upside down!

I built this compost bin with some special brackets I bought from Lee Valley, and some cedar fence boards I bought from a lumber yard.

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.

raised garden in Spokane, WA

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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Composting at a Kona coffee farm: turning the pile.

Compost fly. Scatopse sp. Focus stacked using zerene

animals from the kitchen waste compost bin

Compost

We need one more compost bin to make it complete!

Compost Created 6/12/2006 Photographer: Kessner Photography.

In the field at Mountain View Farms

8th May 2024 - inspecting the garden compost heap.

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.

They love bananas.

I've been saving vegetable and fruit scraps all week to bring to my friends' house to put in their compost pile. I'm not always so good about that, but somehow having to pinch my pennies makes me much more cognizant of getting the most out of the food.

Yard compost angles around the shed. There are three sections and each year each section gets rotated to a new section or used in the garden.

The Flickr Lounge-Container(s)

I put all the recyclable kitchen food items in this and it gets dumped into our large compost pile in the backyard by the Hoop House.

Engineered for municipal composting programs. Took this photo to show residents an example during the rollout.

I find compost very pretty: the colours, the stratification, the juxtaposition of food stuffs. It's like a dietary diary (except the grass, that's from the rabbits).

composting!!

Screened a windrow and put the compost in the shed. Should help to keep it a lot drier than just sitting out on the mud.