cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1154585

I was going thru an old device and found this bookmarked. It's a great resource if you're into brewing compost teas or would like to get started doing so

I am curious. Are some of you doing bokashi ? What composting / fermenting method are you using ?

Two years ago I started composting the cut grass from the lawnmower and occasionally some thin twigs and leaves. "Composting" as in dining it all in a cheap plastic compost container without any bottom.

In my head worms and other things would find their way there and start munching away.

In reality the end result was dry cut grass cakes and twigs. So this spring we got rid of the contents.

So ... What beginners guide to easy composting do you recommend.

I would like to start easy and in a distant future, if all goes well now, I might get an isolated container for leftover food and scrap. But that seems very distant right now.

I make no excuses.

If at all. I know some folks just let it sit and go low and slow.

Just curious to see what you folks prefer.

This is a simple game but it's challenging! If you are thinking about starting a worm bin but you're not sure if you understand the guidelines, maybe this game can help. I've been maintaining a bin for about 8 months but I keep losing at this game pretty quickly lol

For years I’ve been taking a pee jug along when I go camping. I buy a 2-gallon jug of kitty litter and keep the nice wide-mouth jug it comes in. They’re firm plastic and have a nice handle. I keep one right outside my tent for midnight pees. Way easier than hoofing all the way to the bathrooms or whatever.

This time we actually brought the pee back and added it to the compost pile! It’s like two of my hobbies finally came together after years. Huzzah!

I know it was a thing on reddit, but how does everyone feel about peeing on your compost? Apparently it really helps, but I've never brought myself to do it.

Can anyone help me identify these long white worms in the compost ? The red worms don't seem to be bothered by them. Not sure if they are good / bad.

Thanks 🙏

My neighbors were getting rid of these pallets and I was able to snatch them up before they hit the curb for trash day. I have been toying with the idea of building/buying a compost bin since starting up a backyard garden over the past few weeks and couldn't turn down the opportunity.

More info and pictures here, https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Famicoman/110561970446094158

And are they bad for my worm population? It has decreased a lot. The picture looks wet because I just watered it as it looked a bit dry before.

i live in alaska and i've started doing some very slapdash lazy composting. i bought a wire pet pen off amazon for $35ish that comes in 8 panels, and then i split that into two 4 panel segments, and then i staked & zip tied them behind my shed to form two wire boxes and i've been tossing yard & kitchen veg waste in there willy nilly. the advice i got was it's tough to compost here properly because of the 6 months of winter, so just put everything in a pile and cover the top when the snow comes, and then next year when it thaws, dig it out and use it.

i'm thinking about starting a small indoor worm farm this fall to handle kitchen waste in the winter months, instead of having to shovel a path to the compost bins.

i have a large raised garden bed and i think the lady who had the place before us just put her kitchen waste in the corner of the bed. there's a lot of happy worms in the soil.

anyone got any tips for composting options in northern latitudes?

Hello, I am exploring Lemmy due to Reddit's changes, and I wanted to become more involved with Solarpunk. I volunteered to help moderate this community which will hopefully make me lurk less and contribute more. Hope everyone is doing well!

This is our local park composting setup for leaves and grass, not long after having removed finished material. Leaves (browns) are abundant in late winter, and grass is abundant in summer. Water is usually an issue, as volunteers who take leaves don't have time to wet everything down, so that usually gets resolved when we turn the compost (a community event 2-3 times a year). We just had an automatic watering system installed, so that should help. Doors are attached with wingnuts and come off fairly easily.

If you’re participating in the Reddit boycott, note there is a federated alternative peeping its head out called Lemmy: https://join-lemmy.org/

Like Mastodon it’s ActivityPub-based, so you can subscribe to communities from your Mastodon account and have posts (and their comments, fully threaded!) appear in your Mastodon timeline. For example, here’s /c/composting on the SLRPNK instance: ‪@composting‬

I have a happy worm bin that takes care of most of my composting needs. I use the castings around my garden, mostly when I'm planting something new, but I also feed my established plants with it when I can.

But! I've also been thinking it'd be great to deliver castings right into the ground, and would love to use semi-buried containers in the beds to compost right there. There are plenty of native composting worms in my location.

I have a bunch of small (1-1.5 liter ish?) buckets with lids that I'd love to repurpose for this. I was thinking I'd make a bunch of holes in the body and lid of the buckets, and bury them up to the rim. Then fill with some bedding and some scraps, and inoculate with come castings and some worms. And just feed whenever there's space, hoping the castings spread a bit into the ground, or otherwise dig it up when it's full of castings and bury it in a new spot.

My main concern is that the buckets would be too small. The reason I'm aiming for this size is honestly because I want to use these containers for something useful instead of tossing them out. I'd love any suggestions and to hear about your experiences with in-ground composting!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/469245

The City Council passed a bill on Thursday requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, with mandatory composting coming to all five boroughs by next year.

The residential mandate will roll out borough by borough, starting with Brooklyn and Queens this October, followed by the Bronx and Staten Island in March 2024, and Manhattan that October.

The goal is to reduce the amount of organic waste the city sends to landfills, where it produces a particularly potent greenhouse gas called methane.****

Just stumbled upon this documentary trailer, and I find it highly inspiring. I've been thinking about asking my municipality how they/we could stimulate composting at home, but an approach as I understand from this short trailer would be so much cooler.

There's more info in the link below. Apparently the full documentary premiered last week or the week before, I'm going to try to find it. If somebody has found it, please share!

https://opencollective.com/happenfilms/projects/ben-and-beartha#category-ABOUT

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/464104

Who is farming worms? What method do you use? What bedding? What do you feed them?

Tell me everything.