geobin – Crazy About Compost

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…

Killer Compost Bin Sighting!

Check out this killer compost bin! I saw this in Berlin and had to take a photo. It has an easy to open top, and a little door at the bottom to remove finished compost. It reminds me of one of these killer compost bins... It ticks all the boxes- plenty of capacity to handle all of your food waste and create hot compost... air vents that allow the pile to break down efficiently... it looks sturdy too! Here's one I found that strongly resembles it on Amazon and has some rave reviews: Redmon Compost Bin What do you think? Bins like this definitely make composting take the least amount of effort while creating quality compost.

Compost for Spring: Leaves, Used Coffee Grounds, & Garden Waste (Leaf Compost)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz_rocCyfho This time around, coffee grounds and sunchoke stalks are the main ingredients paired with leaves. Since timing isn't critical for obtaining finished compost, the leaves are unshredded. Leaves are one of the few ingredients that compost on their own, so whether they're shredded or not doesn't matter...you'll just get much quicker results by shredding them. I like the hoop house idea for keeping the heat in and the worms warm...great video, Patrick!