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We enjoy creating compost and worm bins on a small scale to produce beautiful gardens.

I would like to invite you to join other enthusiasts who share the same interest in composting at #Compostodon.

Composting is a simple way to take #climateaction that anyone can practice.

Please take note that in this community, we do not tolerate climate change deniers and appropriate measures will be taken if necessary.

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compost, to zerowaste
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If you plant a tree every day, in a lifetime you will plant a forest.

Our habits make us, #composting is a very rewarding habit, if you do it every day, in a matter of years you will be able to fix your topsoil, #GrowYourOwn plants, and create abundance.

You will also do your part in putting the carbon back into the #soil and help balance the #climate.

Change always starts with us.

#gardening

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@geomant

My point is to illustrate the power of habits, not how to create a forest.

educoder, to random
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@compost what's your advice on compost tea, and how to handle large volumes of weeds like dandelions?

Last summer I filled a black 24 gallon garbage can with green pulled weeds, topped it with water from the creek behind my house, and let it cook for a few months in the sun. It seemed to work, I put the sludge in my compost bin and used the water in the flower garden, but it was stinky.

Is there a better way to kill the viability of the seeds? Did this even accomplish that?

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@educoder

This video is a really good guide on how to achieve a good compost tea.

I would suggest composting your dandelions, of course not with the seeds. And use the result in a compost tea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XiieZaDoSU

compost, to random
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This neat video from the channel The Weedy Garden shows how composting worms process a banana.

I have never ceased to be amazed at how much waste those worms can process and it is amazing to see them turn food scraps into black gold so fast.

Worm composting is the most elegant and efficient way to compost as it will result in a vast amount of homemade compost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtZgW3ZocFU

compost, to climate
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I am living next to several cities that are the worst for allergies.

This article points out is responsible for linked with . I quote:

" Climate change is leading to longer and more intense allergy seasons. More exposure to pollen can trigger asthma and other allergic responses.

Due to climate change, there is also an increase in carbon dioxide in the air, causing trees to make more pollen. Since 1990, pollen seasons have 21% more pollen. Tree pollen levels saw bigger increases than grass or weed pollen."

I have pointed out in several posts that the was responsible for my allergies here is the proof.

So again change deniers will be blocked and reported and are very unwelcome in this community. Your opinion is irrelevant.

https://aafa.org/asthma-allergy-research/allergy-capitals/

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@martijn

This information is specific to the USA. we are located in a hot spot where the temperatures are getting a lot warmer, we have even this year changed our plant hardiness zone. So it is definitely for this context the climate change.

But there also could be an additional effect of the chemicals used by conventional farming. I do not know if there has been an increase in this lately.

But it is documented here that the increase in pollens are caused by climate change.

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@martijn

I grew up in the vineyard of Bordeaux and in my childhood, I was always sensitive to chemicals when they used to spray it. But it did not make me experience hay fever symptoms like in the USA. I used to do hay work in the summer to feed livestock. And I had no problem with it.

I have not enough data on the chemicals, but climate change is now well documented, at least here in the USA.

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@martijn

The bottom line is that climate change affects people's health.

compost, to random
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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.

compost, to gardening
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Yoga is an amazing solution for gardeners concerned about the challenging work outside.

Earlier this year I decided to practice yoga daily. For the past 10 years, I have suffered from chronic back pain that used to be so bad that one year I had to ask for help with our gardens.

Yoga is slowly fixing that pain and most of the tension in my back is gone. Even when I have tough work to do with the compost, I am not as concerned as I used to be.

I can't describe the joy of working outside without the pain.

compost, to random
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Here (south of the USA) people won't stop talking and freaking out about the .

The noise is unusual and sounds for a lot of people like an alarm that has been forgotten. It is very loud.

It appears to be a treat for the chickens.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/07/cicada-map-2024/73587002007/

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@emsquared

I grew up in the south of France so for me that sound is normal even if it was less loud. It is relaxing to me.

compost, to climate
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If we talk so much about the on our account, it is because it is affecting my health. We are not brainwashed and any media does not influence us.

Working outdoors has made me more reactive to the pollens and this spring is pretty brutal.

I grew up on a farm surrounded by fields and woods, I used to help with the hay work in the summer. I was not always allergic. The fact that this year, it is hitting me that bad is not normal.

If you happen to be a denier, I really could not give less of a damn about your opinion and you are very unwelcome here.

We are experiencing firsthand the consequences of the neglect of capitalism. And to us, it is a crime against humanity to be so shameless about this.

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@Bernard

We had a warmer winter here, some of the trees started to bloom in December when normally they start in February.

I am experiencing the worst hay fever symptoms I have ever felt despite living in the same environment for about 10 years.

The previous years were nowhere near that bad.

compost, to climate
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I would love to see more accounts about on the fediverse.

Compost is a fantastic tool that can help us balance the . 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 is a void.

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@TammyGentzel

You can have a worm farm inside, and make composting worms process the waste you have or the waste of those around you.

When it is well managed it never smells bad and worms don't escape.

I've had a worm farm inside for the past 4 or 5 years to feed livestock. It is to me the most elegant and awesome way to compost.

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@stib

We created to allow the people of the fediverse to share their journey on how they reduce their waste and avoid sending it to landfills.

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@po3mah @stib

This is very much what it is all about managing a compost pile is to manage the life it creates.

We go from entropy to syntrophy.

compost, to random
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Compost is the foundation of a great garden soil.

This neat little video discusses transforming your native soil into an amazing garden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13rIzCtpVe0

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Oops, I have let my main compost pile go anaerobic. Even after 10 years of experience, mistakes can still happen.

We had a lot of rain lately and despite the tarp on top of the pile, the humidity was too important. Also, the levels of browns were too low.

So I had to adjust the pile and balance it to fix it.

This video is still relevant and will tell you how to fix your pile if it goes anaerobic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVAbji0qNlw

compost, to random
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Today was Maple Trees Day.

Every year a few seedlings like to volunteer under our Japanese Maple.

So I have put those into pots and made a mix of homemade compost and soil to boost them.

This tree is not only extremely beautiful but the leaves and twigs are a fantastic source of browns for the compost piles.

Having a few mature trees like this would make me entirely self-sufficient.

compost, to random
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If you think having the body of a man makes you a man, then you have absolutely no clue what it feels like to wake up every day in a body that does not match who you are.

I was raised as a man I was asked to conform and tried to conform. The only thing it has achieved is depression and that feeling of having to perform a daily lie to satisfy others.

I am way too old to worry about what others may think of me, and way too old to apologize to anyone for being myself. It took me more than 30 long years to unpack all of this, so if all you have to say is you have the body of a man that is who you are...

Please do me a favor and keep your mouth shut because you have no idea what you are talking about. And does any of this make me less relevant to talk about the subject of this account?

This is who I am and part of my journey to master the art of composting. If I had to make an analogy it would be a little bit like saying hey the pile stinks bad, well never mind put it on the soil anyway.

It is never good to assume things on a topic you have not experienced before.

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@alex_galt

The truth is, if you want to talk about a subject like composting, you have to be inclusive, you have to be open-minded, and you have to develop the social skills to create a community and explain to others that their actions can make a difference.

Life has not always been kind to me and adversity has taught me one thing, if I want to achieve my goals in life it will be without the help of a lot of people.

If I had to earn money every time I had to read horrors about trans people I would be rich, and to be successful in life, I have to not end up like those who think they are righteous and in the name of it can be nasty and entitled.

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@neverbeaten

What exasperates the crap out of me is all of those people who are bothered by trans people despite the fact that it does not concern them.

Thank you for those kind words if we fuck up the climate and the planet we live on with all due respect the lgbtq question will be the last of our concerns and maybe a few of those people will be here to help you out.

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SYDNEY, April 26, 2024: Composting’s role in the fight against climate change will be in focus during International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), to be held from May 5-11 in Australia. Amid the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as flooding, droughts or bushfires, composting offers a practical, hands-on response to climate change mitigation where every household can join the global effort. “As a community we can all contribute to a healthy planet by keeping food scraps away from landfill and one of the ways is through composting,” says Chris Rochfort, CEO of the Centre for Organic Research & Education (CORE). “Composting can help reduce landfill methane emissions and restoring soil health, which will help build resilience to climate change, reduce reliance on synthetic fertilisers, and sequester carbon by removing it from the atmosphere.” Composting can benefit the climate in many ways.

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@earthmothering9

Thank you for posting this, it is what our account is trying to address to the people of Mastodon to make them understand that by doing this simple action, they can make a difference.

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