The reason why we would love to see more accounts talk about composting on the #fediverse is simple.
You will be able to focus on your area and explain to local people what they can compost and where they can get their organic matter.
You can create a local community that will help your local area make a better place.
If we started this account it is for a main reason. Make people understand that by choosing to compost they can have a positive impact and do something about the #ClimateChange.
So creating a multitude of local accounts that will allow people to organize and make their area a better place is a very powerful thing to do for the #climate.
@compost Any reservations about using composted manure from a large dairy farm? I know little about the source, so I’m reluctant to use it. Any instances of PFAS contamination?
@urbanmicrofarmer@compost I know that using manure from cows that eat hay treated with dicamba and similar herbicides would be bad. I saw on an extension service site that if legumes can grow in it, it would indicate that it's clear of that one. There's also the issue of any meds fed to the cows. If you can raise chickens, that's great.
@Bon_Jardin@compost I have a garden plot on the edge of town. The land owner says he will bring in the composted cow manure for his use and mine, if interested. Since I don’t know the source, I will decline. At my backyard / home garden I have laying hens. I know what they eat, and I’m glad to get their manure. Today I connected with the local microbrewery. I now have a source of spent brewing grains (free)!
Are you aware of sharewaste.com? That's how I found my current composter who takes the output from my guinea pig cages. (Our municiple contractor stopped taking anything but food scraps and plant cuttings, so the newpaper would have otherwise gone to landfill.)
Composter reported that two cubic yards of finished compost went to the tree planting project at a local high school a month or so ago. This made me very happy.
@cavyherd@urbanmicrofarmer@Bon_Jardin@compost I like ShareWaste - when I had bins out on the front berm I was happy to have people drop stuff off, less so now (a) the bins are in the back, guarded by the ducks (b) the city now does food scraps collection.
They have a weird definition of "neighbour". I got a notification this week of a new compost bin in my area - 40km away!
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Thank you.
I like the idea of following the #compostodon tag because I am an occasional hobbyist and my nomadic life takes me through various biomes.
@compost Here in Saskatchewan, things are just slower since even the hottest compost pile freezes solid at extended periods below -20°C (even -30). So more patience is required.
We live in the south of the USA and it is the kind of issue we do not have experience with. But it would be a great topic for a composting account to talk about what to do on northern latitude.
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