Someone is thinking about spring. I'll bet you can't guess who. (it's me!!!!)
I think one of the signs farming is in your blood is when you feel guilty throwing away apple cores. "This would make great compost!"
One of these years I will get a fancy tumbler that will make some black gold in a few weeks, but until then I have 2 big piles in my yard. One is the "heap" where stuff gets thrown and the other is the compost "bin". The bin consists of 5 pallets loosely put together where we get a bit more scientific about what goes in there and try to have a good ratio. But I'd like it to look prettier. So I'm going to attach the pieces with heavy duty zip ties and paint the pallets. It sort of looks like the picture below. Only with pallets more leaning on each other and more old looking.
I wish I could take credit for this, but I can't.
Ours is set up a little differently. We have one half of the bin full and the other empty because we find it's easier to turn it if we can just rotate it between sides. Find what works best for you.
Also, check out:
There's also this VERY handy sheet you can print out to help you make your ideal compost. I'll admit, since I'm kitchen scrapping, I tend to have waaaay too much nitrogen in my compost. I LOVE having this list!
I want to get a worm bin but I have no where to keep it in the winter. Maybe someday I'll get hardcore and keep it in the kitchen.
Do you compost what do you use? Anyone here used a small scale kitchen composter???
Labels: gardening, going green, urban homesteading
