How To Compost – Page 79 – Crazy About Compost

The Weekly Dump

Here's my compost toilet bucket, part 1 of the weekly ritual. After dumping it into my bin, I then dump in my weekly kitchen scraps. Since it's below freezing, I have to bring out a bucket of water from inside to rinse out the two containers. After dumping the rinse water into the pile, I cover up the contents with the layer of leaves and finally the tarp. Maybe I should make a video of the whole process? After filling up my sawdust bucket and an inch of the compost toilet bucket, I'm ready to get back inside. For less than ten minutes a week, this process couldn't get any easier.

Compost Bin Made of Pallets – How To

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYUAXfVQFfM It's never a bad time to build a compost bin... if you have the space and materials, a system like this will allow you to process essentially any amount of material all year round. This setup is actually done really nicely... you don't need the bottom pallets for a pile to work, and after doing this myself with my pile, I don't think I'll do it going forward. It's just fine digging a concave hole that would collect any excess leachate (in addition to starting your pile with a good six inches of shredded brown materials, acting as a sponge). Cover your ears around 5 minutes... you can absolutely add ANY food. Just be sure whenever you add your food scraps, completely cover them with ample brown materials.

Composting In Winter (article)

[ originally found here: http://freshorganicgardening.com/composting-in-winter/ ] If you think you can’t compost in the cold weather, think again. There are still ways you can maintain a compost pile even through the winter so that by the next planting season, you have plentiful amounts of beautiful black gold with which to nourish your Spring plants. The success of a compost pile depends highly on the aerobic bacteria that break down waste. During winter, these microbes slow down because of the cooler temperature but they can still be active. The center part of the pile is also the center of activity – it still heats up and decomposition still happens but not so in the outer layers which are at the mercy of temperature highs and lows. Therefore what you need to…