Pet Waste Disposal — Using Microbes Part 1 (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVOsAyE5_Jo I'm on a pet waste kick lately... while I have a different idea that I'm carrying out at the moment, this seems like a pretty cool approach. My first issue with it is the recurring cost of buying bokashi, so being able to make it yourself would be a huge help. I haven't tried doing that yet, but it's coming soon to the top of the bucket list.

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Dog Waste Compost (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8UlP_V_6O4 No chemmies needed!  Add sawdust instead. I'm not sure it needs to be underground, but WOW that's a big hole!  Having another compost bin specifically for the pet waste like the one you have for your food would also do the trick.

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Huge compost bin sighting!

I was walking around the other day and found these massive 5' x 5' x 5' compost bins. I hope they don't always look this inactive!  There's a lot of potential here. The "death" of a compost bin is when branches are tossed in... while they are organic and will break down, they will take forever to do so in that form and just take up space. To the left of these bins is a nice pile of wood chips, and it was good to see that the wood chips were not present in the bins... sawdust yes, wood shavings not really, wood chips no way. If the nature area wanted to (and maybe they do on a scheduled basis), there was plenty of material in the immediate vicinity of…

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