When I make bedding for our composting worms, I grab all the paper I can find and shred it into very little pieces.
When the worm bin is too dry I soak this in water and it fixes the humidity.
When the worm bin is too wet I just add the dry paper.
The really big pro of doing this is that you limit the risks of adding intruders to the bin that might be in the brown material. I have yet to find any cons for this method.
The YouTube channel Primitive Technology is one of my favorites.
In this fascinating little video, they explain a very simple technique for making charcoal in a closed pot.
The applications of charcoal in the compost pile are very useful. You can simply add some to your worm bins, the goal of doing this will be to keep the moisture of your bin important in the summer months.
It will supercharge your worm compost in nutrients.
I have a bumblebee nest in one of my #Compost piles.😍 It is an all black bee, so it doesn't photograph well. Composting builds habitat for wildlife. #Compostodon
My experiment on composting in the aisles of our garden beds is quite impressive and I was not expecting good results.
Because weeding the gardens can generate a lot of waste it is always a lot of energy to move it around and deal with it. So I decided to weed the gardens regularly and chop and drop the waste on the aisles.
The negative part of this is that it asks for a lot of discipline to stay on top of things and it is time-consuming.
The very positive part is that the waste is being processed on-site and these layers provide a fantastic mulch. I already noticed that the topsoil on the side of the beds and in the aisles looks good.
8x speed. I started filling this heap in late December 2023, filled it by the start of March 2024, turned it on 10 April and in this video am decanting it on top of the previous batch so it can mature for a couple more months. And also free up the bay for the next heap.
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Here it has rained for an entire night and day. The volume of rainwater is a lot more than normal. I will never stop to be amazed by the power of compost. The areas in the garden that have received compost are not flooded.
Everywhere else is very flooded because the compacted native red clay soil can not handle that much water. To better fight flooding events, we have to start spraying compost on the at-risk areas.
This is why at-home composting and local programs are a necessity if we want to protect the land and our goods.