I'm looking to start my own compost at my apartment. Can anyone recommend a good small scale compost system? I have a backyard that I can use, but i'm not sure about making any large structures. Ideas?
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Re: Small Scale Compost
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 7:47 PMI have personally found that the bucket type system works great... -
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Re: Small Scale Compost
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 8:55 PMI read some other posts about trench composting or just burying organic matter in the garden... so throw it in the bucket, then bury it? SImple as that? -
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Re: Small Scale Compost
Mon, March 31, 2008 - 10:56 PMwait a minute. where did the worm bin thread go? maybe that was...
AHA! found it
greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/...e9e4f52e
hope this helps/
also if you have a yard, a nice sheet mulch around whatever you have planted will decompose organic material very fast a couple of reasons why this is good. 1) increases moisture helps organisms (bacteria, worms, etc) thrive 2) ants will take the stuff into their homes (little underground compost bins, and the nutrients enter the aerated soil 3) it is better than trenching (when applicable) because it does not disturb the mychorrhyzal connections in the soil.
so put down a thick layer of straw, not hay (has seeds), and place food scraps under it. a good resource for simple at home stuff is Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemmingway. I recommend it all the time.,
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Re: Small Scale Compost
Tue, April 1, 2008 - 8:30 AMI keep a 1-gallon bucket on my counter, and when it's full, I bury it in the back yard. Been working for me for about 3 years. In winter, i just throw it in a heap, and bury whatever hasn't decomposed when I turn over the earth for spring.
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