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Compost Heat Recovery System kickstarter proposal?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSVeLci1j8 Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/highfields/compost-heat-recovery-system Tom Gilbert knows what's up... I like the dramatic piano music as the backdrop for his explanations of how us humans have messed up the most basic life systems on Earth. Fossil fuels, fertilizer, landfills...we know this is stuff is a bummer and there are viable alternatives for these. I see that he met his financial backing goals... and you need to donate in order to get the updates on the project. While I understand protecting his idea and design, it's funny that we can't see it until it's freely downloadable for any and all people to utilize. I'm excited to see what he came up with, and I hope it works out! Any fight up against Monsanto/Cargill is one worth fighting for. Although I'm not…

Winter Compost Hot House (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fXojKyHnE What a great idea! I'm curious if there's airholes drilled anywhere on this, but since this will be going all winter with direct sunlight on it, I doubt it will matter much anyway. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for some windows being tossed to the curb...this would be a fun project. I currently have a tarp covering my compost bin, and it would definitely benefit from windows to get a bit more attention. My main concern for using the tarp was to prevent cigarette butts from getting thrown in and starting a fire. The downside to the tarp is when it rains, it collapses pretty easily into the bin. A sturdy window frame wouldn't have this problem! Hmm...

Winter Composting: Should I Just Scrap It? (article)

By Ginny Figlar Colon, originally found here. Nice … half-frozen veggie scraps molded together in a solid mass. Not exactly what I want to see in my compost bin. With at least five more months of cold weather before warmth and sunshine reappear, why do I even bother keeping the pile going? Well, I guess I do know why. Diverting even a handful of potato skins from the trash gives me an unexplainable sense of satisfaction. (If you aren’t yet a composter, you just can’t relate to this strange obsession with vegetable scraps.) So after filling my compost bin with a big batch of freshly raked leaves this weekend, I did a little online research to see what I could do to make it a wee bit more productive this…