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Compost in 14-21 Days & How to Make A Tumbler Bin Composter (Youtube)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqfmJKby234 The music in this video makes it worth watching alone, let alone the great footage showing the design of the tumbler. Super nice work here. 14-21 days is pretty awesome if you can pull it off, but don't get upset if it takes longer. Really though, who cares if it takes a week longer? Are you really that hard pressed to have your compost finished in record time? Back to the point, this video rules. Make the time to work on this project and it'll be well worth it.

Worm bin drama

I got a new package of worms in the mail yesterday...sounds great, right? Thanks for the worms, Bentley! I had a bin all ready to go for them, filled with moldy food scraps and shredded cardboard. Around 7pm I put them in their new habitat, stared at them for a while, then went out for some food. I came back a few hours later, and whaddya know, they're all over my floor in slimy clumps. Believe it or not, this is somewhat normal for worms in the beginning as they figure out their new living situation. How did I solve the problem? Well, I put the container directly underneath a light since the worms don't like light so much. Further, I began shredding through all the paper I could find,…

The #1 Book on Composting Basics: Let It Rot! by Stu Campbell

Let it Rot!: The Gardener’s Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey’s Down-to-Earth Guides) If you’re looking for a how-to composting guide from a gardener’s perspective, look no further…whether you’re an experienced compostaholic or just compost curious, you’ll find plenty of gems here. Everything from a nerdy decomposition science lesson made simple (my favorite chapter) to the lists of what you can compost, and over 10 different methods of composting tailored to your varying needs are present here. Whenever I have a weird compost issue, I always consult this book for its substantial troubleshooting section…especially the N-P-K symptoms table (on page 116). That being said, this book definitely has a gardener feel to it and I catch myself skimming at certain points because well, I’m not a gardener! Maybe one day…