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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch today announce the launch of the nation’s largest curbside composting program starting this fall, at the The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, on Monday, August 8, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
A 30 gallon container of mature compost from 2005. I get about three of these things out of one load from the small steel tumbler you can see up on the right. This has not been sifted. If left long enough, it seems it breaks down this fine.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch announce a roadmap to implement the nation's largest composting program at City Hall on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Landscaping has begun between the north and southbound red IRT lanes along the stretch between Sunset Beach and Dolphin Beach. Workers are distributing compost to improve the soil ahead of planting.
Here's how I went about harvesting worm castings for the first time. I scooped up what looked to be ripe soil in a "finished" corner of my worm box and put it in a bucket. I then dumped it out on a tarp to form a little mountain. I left it out in the sun for a half hour. The worms headed for the coolest region—straight down—and I scraped worm castings off of the top. By the time I had made it to the bottom—yes, I know, this is not exactly Everest, but I was working slowly and carefully on this first test run—a whole mass of worms was down there, so I collected them and put them back into the bin.
April
There is now a book! stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2018/09/compostion-advance-...
But this photo above ain't in it - in spite of being in my 100 most pop album.
I have been composting all food scraps throughout the winter, no meat or bones. I even have a generous group of friends who drop off their kitchen compost for me throughout the year. I share what vegetables I get with them during the season. It's a win, win! I have resolved this year that nothing leaves the garden space. Everything goes in the bin. If there are invasive weeds they get sun dried before being put in the bin.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch today announce the launch of the nation’s largest curbside composting program starting this fall, at the The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, on Monday, August 8, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
It was on a 2004 trip to Ucluelet on Vancouver Island that I got turned on to composting. Even here, in dry, hot Arizona, one can turn leaves, twigs, coffee grinds, fruit peels, vegetable ends, egg shells, stuff you previously just tossed into the waste stream... into beautiful black organic soil.
There is something fulfilling here, even for me, a born in the city boy.
With both bins full, it was time today to release the most "mature" one into the veggie garden. And start again!
Squash seeds itself nicely in the compost bin and tries to take over the driveway. We have eaten one good squash from it so far.
