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Compost rows in early morning with water vapor escaping. Lots of active microorganisms means high quality finished compost.
My cheesecloth full of dead plants, I tied it up with a piece of jute. A giant, probably-not-too-tasty tea bag!
Shots of our *well used* K-Cup compost tool that is 3d printed from Shapeways:
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This is a shot of our rain barrel composter. The compost is placed in the center of the rain barrel in a cylinder about 3/4s of the diameter of the rain barrel itself. This allows you to plant things on the edge which in turn help regulate the water. There is a clear dome over the cylinder which allows sunlight in to aid the process.
This year we added petunias to the top but left the green plant (something native but the name escapes me) from last year. As you can see both are doing well. The funny thing is the sunflower. The composter was under our bird feeder this spring and a lot of the seed we put in the feeder is black sunflower. Apparently one took root. The angle slightly distorts its height, but it is nearly 6 feet at the top. Its blocking the sun from the dome, but I am not going to cut it down. I discovered at least one earth worm in the compost today anyway - I have no idea how it got there - and if a few more join the party we'll be making dirt like crazy!
I recommend checking the large size.
when I took this it reminded me of the bow of a ship - now it looks an awful lot like a compost heap
One of my resolutions this year was to help my compost to decay faster and have scissors by my small kitchen bin. When I canned the pineapple, I IMMEDIATELY cut up the skins and leaves.
The next step was to add a little dog food to my bigger outside porch compost bin (not all of the dog food in the bowl). This apparently helps the compost to decay faster (my goal).
Having this large plastic bin outside on the cold porch is very convenient but as it got filled to the top, it was actually quite heavy to carry out to the main compost bin in the garden.
We have tried to grow pumpkins and they have always failed. However, we have had major successes with rogue pumpkins planted by no one! they have come up all over the lawn without warning or provocation.
from the first compost burial late last fall. I excavated it to see there were still some discernible chunks.
What to do with all those 2x4's that held together the old gym flooring? Compost bins! This is the original idea with additions to the front slats, wire mesh to the back and sides, and corrugated roof with hinges. I think I can probably make 30 individual bins with all the wood I horded.