Get Your Leaves!
Now's the time of year to start collecting all the leaves you can. With winter right around the corner, having a steady supply of leaves to complement your food scraps is super important to keeping the pile cooking as long as it can. While cold temperatures can bring composting to a complete stop, don't worry- as soon as the temperatures begin to climb again, the pile picks up right where it left off as if nothing happened. I keep adding materials through the winter, but the key is to have enough brown material to keep the food scraps covered. Between sawdust (non-pressure treated wood) and shredded leaves, you're good to go!
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…