Collect worms from the playground, place them in your discovery center, and let the children compare them to the worms in the compost bin (release the worms back to the playground when you are done). Check for Children’s Understanding Can the children talk about what the worms did with ...
Compost thermometers have a 20” (51 cm) stainless steel probe that allows you to read the temperature at the center of the pile. When the core temperature climbs over 155° (68° C), oxygen will be depleted within a few hours, so it’s time to turn the pile....
To whom it may concern, My name is Helga and I volunteer for an environmental education center in a township in South Africa. We aim to educate the … Problem with my worm farm! All worms died!Not rated yet Good day, I recently replaced the old bedding in my bin with store-bought c...
Adding new materials to the hot top center of the pile and then covering it generously with more cover material means the fresh poo is not likely to come into contact with rain that can leach anything bad beyond the pile. Now an adequate size pile does make this much easier. I have ...
Question from John: I live in Mesa Arizona and I'm not looking forward to the Arizona heat which will reach 115 degrees. Last year I lost all my worms when a worm dealer said just keep them in the shade. Do you have any good ideas to keep them alive. Hi
If you pee into a bucket of sawdust, then dump the contents into the center of an active compost pile, you're not going to suddenly have E. coli O157:H7, anthrax or bubonic plague suddenly pop up in the compost. It has to physically BE there before it can grow. Sue Posts: 461 ...
Energy research center of the Netherlands. http://www.ecn.nl/docs/society/horizontal/hor_desk_7_stability.pdf. Accessed July 2012 Czepiel P, Douglas E, Harriss R, Crill P (1996) Measurements of N2O from composted organic wastes. Environ Sci Technol 30:2519–2525 CAS Google Scholar Darracq...