Recycled Sawdust is Awesome For Compost & Worms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5tcea6HoA I could talk sawdust with this dude all day- he hits all the key points on the head. I've been using sawdust in my compost toilet and worm composting efforts for a long time now- two trips a year to the nearby wood shop. Sawdust can be a pain in the butt to manage. Following a few basic rules, it's an excellent ingredient that will help your worm composting efforts. Keeping sawdust damp is really tricky, and wearing a mask is a game changer when you're handling it. Personally I try to skip the wood shavings as much as possible (the bigger shavings tend to stick around in the compost), although they're neater to work with. Since I use sawdust for my compost toilet and my cat's litter box…

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In Maine, a Whale of a Compost Pile

[ original source: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20161119/in-maine-whale-of-compost-pile ] GORHAM, Maine (AP) — Lobster carcasses, dead sea urchins and other "seafood waste" are common ingredients in the compost pile at Benson Farm Earth Products. A 43-foot right whale, not so much. But the leviathan's bones were the prize as a team of volunteers from Marine Mammals of Maine arrived at the Gorham farm dug into a smelly, steaming pile of compost, sawdust and whale to extract skeleton pieces including ribs bigger than a person. The rare and protected whale met its demise after becoming entangled in fishing gear off Boothbay Harbor in September. It was trucked to the farm for composting. Lynda Doughty, executive director of the nonprofit Marine Mammals of Maine, says she hopes the skeleton can be reassembled as an educational exhibit.…

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Sawdust Dumpstering

About once every six months, I make a trip out to the wood shop dumpster to get sawdust for my compost toilet system. I checked with the shop in advance to see that they don't use any treated wood and asked permission to stop by and fill up on sawdust. Of course it benefits them since I'm lightening their waste load and I get free material to process my cat litter and compost toilet. Videos coming soon...

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