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Righteous Rain Barrels

Do you ever notice how nearly every website that features composting equipment also has rain barrels for sale? I know it's all gardening related, but I guess I never think about rain barrels when I'm feeding my worms or composting Sun Chips bags. However, I have been looking around for an empty barrel for quite some time. The only ones I ever seem to discover are always caked in kitchen grease or sludge, neither of which is fun/easy to clean. If I were to find a nice barrel, then I'd have to get borrowing some pretty decent equipment in order to outfit it with proper parts. Rain barrels seem pretty simple, yet they require some time and thought to design them right. Then I discovered Travis Skidmore, who builds sweet…

Harvesting Vermicompost (youtube)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyTzhPtJcg My worms are working their way through the bin quickly, gobbling up everything I put in front of them...so how do I transfer them to a new bin when it's time? My man Bentley has a great video showing the best technique for transferring the dudes to a new house.

Can I Put Citrus Fruit In My Compost?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WerM0isdgdw Citrus fruit in compost, yes or no... YES. I finally made a short video to address the whole citrus fruit myth, and I also got distracted and talked about the Fall leaves coming down. I loaded up my tumbler with a huge container of citrus rinds and some veggies, just to show everyone that it doesn't destroy compost, and it will in fact get it nice and hot. I put my compost thermometer in at the start of the process, it was inactive and essentially finished compost at the outdoor temperature of 50 degrees...so let's see what happens.