I would love to see more accounts about #Compost on the fediverse.
Compost is a fantastic tool that can help us balance the #ClimateChange. The more we talk about it, the more we can inspire people to start this wonderful habit.
Our habits make us, and talking about positive habits is a good thing in the toxic environment social media can be.
I would be honored if we had a community of accounts that talk about it, and you can be sure that you will be boosted, and followed and not feel like #Mastodon is a void.
@compost I collect our food scraps in #compostable bags, keep them in the fridge and then drop off once a week at the bins at MOMS Organic Market. #compost
@PamelaBarroway@compost Very cool. We have one a few blocks from us...I want to start doing it again with the food scraps that I don't put in our home compost bin (which is mostly tea and brown garden scraps). I took my food scraps to them before, but as I didn't keep it in the fridge it was a nasty affair which I had to abandon. We have a bigger fridge now.
@TammyGentzel@compost I have a 2 stage tumbler like this one that works really well, even in the relatively shady spot where I have it. I also add worms I find under leaves and whatnot around the house and they really go to town in there.
@TammyGentzel@compost I use a municipal composting service. We have a huge, independent garden store that takes most of it, and some of it goes to local farmers who reliably sell at our (also municipally organized) farmers market.
One guy started the whole thing just by having the right conversations with key people. 450K people in the county have access to the service.
@TammyGentzel@compost my worm cabin is next to my car on thé parking in -1 level of my building 😅about 12/18°C all the year.
Not very sunny place either.
@TammyGentzel@compost You should not place compost in direct sun anyway, shadow or partial shade is preferable.
It creates (lots of!) heat all by itself, and it should not dry out (nor get waterlogged). It should have contact to soil, so worms and bacteria can transfer, if that’s not possible you’ll need to „inoculate“ it.
There’s some ways a compost can go bad, and they’re ways to improve it, but honestly it’s not rocket science, just try it 😊
@TammyGentzel@compost I have a Worm café that has run without any problems for 15 years now. I place it in the shade between spring and autumn and in the workshop in winter. For everything that does not attract rats, I have two compost piles right next to each other. They are always in the shade and I never turn them. I let it rest for one year before harvesting the compost. Climate = central Europe.
@compost@stib I'd just like to report I'm building my 5th #compost because these are the only groups of living beings ('countries') I'm capable to lead ;).
@compost@po3mah We have three for general household compost that we cycle through, that seems to give us long enough that by the time one is full the oldest is ready to put on the garden.
Then we have a separate worm farm that is just for dog poo. It's amazingly un-smelly, given the contents. We put the compost it creates on garden beds that don't have food plants. When I take the dogs to the park I take a poo-scooper (half an olive oil tin on a stick with a little spade that acts as a lid) so that I don't have to use plastic bags (fortunately the park is very close, this would be a bit more of a challenge if I had to walk back any distance).
@compost We just have a small pile in the corner but I also have another space for decaying bits of plant behind a big plant. The main aim is to provide a little habitat to those who like it there.
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