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Want to learn how to compost? Watch these short clips below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t24C4cgxHAc&feature=emb_logo Want to learn how to turn your food scraps into compost? Check the quick video above where I show you the pros and cons of the top three composting methods out there- the compost bin, compost tumbler, and trash can composter. Each of these can quickly turn your food scraps into healthy soil to add to your garden. If you’re like me and you don’t have space for a garden, you still reap the benefits of cutting back on what goes to the landfill- nearly 50% of landfills consist of organic materials that can be composted! If you’re looking to keep your costs down and space is limited, here’s how to compost using just a trash can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EPnJJw198 If you’re looking for something a little nicer than a pair…

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Composting Horse Manure in a Bioreactor – One Year Later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDlaMorCqhM Diego's follow-ups on bioreactor videos are always going to be a treat- he runs great experiments and no-turn composting is my kind of composting. I'm not a big fan of staging a compost pile off the ground- I get the pest concerns and minimizing amibitious roots from stealing nutrients, but I don't worry about the airflow since this is a long term effort of at least a year or more. I'd rather let the pile be in contact with the ground to maximize the incoming soil biology to help work on the contents and deal with the stringy roots later. Not surprisingly, horse manure made great finished compost and was loaded with worms.  I'm always happy to see an explosion of worms in my piles- it's a good indicator…

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