1) I’ve been unable to put a lid on the bin, b/c worms always migrate to the top overnight, with a few escaping through the air holes. One morning I found 5 shriveled up and dead on the floor – poor things. Leaving the lid off seems to work just fine, as they promptly dive...
Then I can drag out the container and drop a new on in. I wonder ... with a system like that ... I wonder if it is possible that you might never need to empty it. Organic matter keeps breaking down and breaking down and eventually becomes nothing but gasses. One might say that...
For hot composting, aim for a 50% moisture level: Materials should be about as wet as a wrung-out sponge, so only a drop or two of water comes out when you squeeze a handful. Repeat the process, alternating green and brown layers, adding soil or compost activator, and watering each ...
Not sure I totally get the utility of it for me, personally – Dropbox gives me easy sync between all my devices already and I can’t imagine I’ll be doing a lot of image-editing on the fly. Your Mileage May Vary, of course. But it got me to thinking about a piece of the ...
1. Dig and DropMethod This is the simplest method of trench composting. It is a great way to compost large amounts of material at once, and an effective way of adding nutrients to your garden off-season. First, gather a week or two’s worth of scraps in a five-gallon bucket or comp...
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There should be clover going to seed in public places near you, if you want to plant that. You can pick a bunch of the little dry flower balls that crumble easily, plus maybe a little soil from below them. Maybe mix this all with some reasonably stiff mud and break off little balls,...
Polymers 2017, 9, 561 5 of 16 Water contact angle was evaluated by using the sessile drop method. Contact angles of the drops were measured by means of a MV-50 camera, 6× zoom, and images were taken by using NIH imaging software. The measurement values represent the mean value of 10...