Your normal time to be using the product is spring and summer during your ordinary gardening season. In a garden, compost can be worked into the top six inches of soil before planting, or a layer up to an inch thick can be spread on top of an existing garden. It will continue to dec...
If you only use the CS toilet it will take about 1 week to fill the 5 gallon interior storage container. If only solid waste is added the toilet will take more than 2 months to fill the interior container. With this batch composting system one exterior drum is f...
Winterizing My Outdoor Worm Bin– I’ve been talking a lot about my winter composting efforts and have been promising to put together a video about it. Well, I amfinallyfinished! Now I can get back to providing you updates on the blog! NOTE: The video contains potentially annoying music ...
Cover the full bin with a lid, tarpaulin or plastic sheet to avoid it becoming waterlogged in heavy rain. During the winter months a Compost duvet or layers of bubblewrap can be put under the plastic cover to help insulated the material. The temperature of the bin will rise over the next ...
It's ideal for anyone living in an apartment or those composting during colder winter months. A countertop compost bin is also an option for anyone who composts outdoors. Epica Stainless Steel Compost Bin Our favorite countertop compost bin, the 1.3-gallon Epica stainless-steel compost bin, is...
Soil fertilized with compost holds more water, mitigating the effects of drought, and prevents runoff of pollutants during floods. Compost also sequesters carbon in the soil, which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What can be composted? High temperatures resulting from the decomposition process...
turning over the pile is cold composting. Although not recommended, many gardeners leave their piles unturned during winter months to avoid losing the heat that grows in the middle of the pile. Cold composting extends the time it takes for your compost to finish from a few months to a year...
posted 10 months ago 2 Jim Garlits wrote:it must be done outdoors, and smells really bad, so it has to be done away from P zone 1. I do it right in front of my door in the warm season, an in the cellar during winter (so that the microbes don‘t freeze). It smells rustic...
I do NOT want to attract these pests because I don’t want them to come inside during the winter! It is a mixture of grass, leaves and kitchen products and the outside temp has been in the 100’s every day for over a month now. How do I get rid of the roaches?
Despite the steps being rather simple, there are quite a few questions that can arise during composting. Whenever doubts arise, its reassuring to remember that organic materials will all eventually turn into compost with or without your help! Read on to learn exactly how to compost effectively at...