8x speed. I started filling this heap in late December 2023, filled it by the start of March 2024, turned it on 10 April and in this video am decanting it on top of the previous batch so it can mature for a couple more months. And also free up the bay for the next heap.
I'm returning to sfba.social after some time away. You might know me from another server. I'll be gradually bringing man of my follows over to this account where I plan to be most active. Intro toot coming soon. 🌺
Here it has rained for an entire night and day. The volume of rainwater is a lot more than normal. I will never stop to be amazed by the power of compost. The areas in the garden that have received compost are not flooded.
Everywhere else is very flooded because the compacted native red clay soil can not handle that much water. To better fight flooding events, we have to start spraying compost on the at-risk areas.
This is why at-home composting and local programs are a necessity if we want to protect the land and our goods.
It is some bees that I have finally seen on the roses.
It feels better to know that it is just some bees having a snack.
The flowers of the roses are edible and it is a nice treat if you make rose water with the petals.
When you deadhead the dead flowers you can simply add the hips to the compost pile they will add a lot of nutrients to your compost that you can feed to the roses.
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
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.
Working bee at the #communitygarden this morning, followed by a #composting workshop. I though I’m relatively knowledgeable about composting but I picked up some good tips.
Last season I decided to create a separate pile just for the carbon material. It is made of just leaves, wood chips, and twigs that are breaking down on their own.
It was the best improvement I did for the compost station. Last week my main pile went anaerobic and I was able to fix the pile by adding more carbon to it.
Also, I can deal better with the higher volumes of green material. It is nice to not have to worry about having too much of it. It is good doing a lot of work in the fall to harvest all of this brown material but the return on investment is worth it.
Now I can manage more volume and cover most of our needs.
I would love to see more accounts about #Compost on the fediverse.
Compost is a fantastic tool that can help us balance the #ClimateChange. The more we talk about it, the more we can inspire people to start this wonderful habit.
Our habits make us, and talking about positive habits is a good thing in the toxic environment social media can be.
I would be honored if we had a community of accounts that talk about it, and you can be sure that you will be boosted, and followed and not feel like #Mastodon is a void.
In this month's composting newsletter: understanding the thermic phases, recording the sounds made by the bugs in the compost heap. Plus three songs about worms.
Hey there #compostodon — what is the best way to compost material like this. It's very juicy fresh spring growth but with tough twiggy old wood. I only have a basic mulcher that works on branches but clogs with short and leafy stuff. I don't have a lawnmower.
If I was to invest in a tool to make material like this more compostable what would be best? Petrol mower? Some sort of garden mulcher different to the basic branch crusher one I have?
Does anyone have experience with #humanure processing?
We're weighing the pros and cons of #biogas digestion and typical turn-heavy aerobic #composting. Also thinking about a combination of the two but going from anaerobic to aerobic processing could create more labor.
This year I am experimenting with a method of composting that so far is being so productive that I am going soon enough to have all my needs covered.
Instead of doing a vertical system of piles, I have developed a horizontal system of edges.
I am creating edges so that I can feed at the start of an edge, move the digested compost to the middle, and store the finished compost at the end of the edge. It also is easy to cover it with a tarp.
This keeps the flow going and allows me to harvest my compost more often.
Since the beginning of the year, I have harvested several buckets of compost.
A very satisfying afternoon pruning the lavatera at the station garden, then putting the prunings through a chipper borrowed from #Exeter#LibraryOfThings to make wood chippings we can use in the #Hotbin composter. It all felt nicely #permaculture, using the waste from one job to make something we could use for another process.