Feeding Amazing Compost Bin
Here is how I feed the worms in my Amazing compost bin. I blend my food scraps instead of throwing in whole pieces of food, so that I can speed up the vermicompost process. With this technique I am able to harvest castings every month instead of the usual 3 months! Check out how I set up my Quick and easy compost bin for under $5.00 here
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Making Compost at Back To The Garden Athens Georgia Mark M_0001.wmv
A video about returning organics back to the earth. Composting food waste and teaching others about the importance of sustainability
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Easy Steps To Making Your Own Compost
One of the biggest barriers keeping more people from making their own compost is that they just don’t feel like they’ve got the time to make a big pile and go out and turn it all over every few days. What’s more, they don’t know what the best materials to use really are, and the right proportions to mix them to make the magic of composting take place.
Let’s consider what keeps many people from starting. Many simply aren’t sure just how to do it. What materials should you use and what ratio is right for a good quality result? Another concern people have is the work involved. They find themselves waiting for that window in their schedule when they’ll have time to build their compost pile, and then turn it every few days. In some cases, just the idea of all that work scares people off. But is there a way to make compost that doesn’t require as much work, making it feasible for busy people. The answer is yes, and we’ll take a look at that in a moment.
So, what are the best materials to use for making compost. In answering this question, keep in mind that the ideal ratio of carbon (brown) to nitrogen (green) is 25-30:1. In other words, about 25-30 parts of carbon mixed with 1 part of nitrogen. Some materials which many use to make compost have that ratio, or close to it already. Examples would be hay or vegetable scraps. If you’re trying to compost other things, simply add high carbon or high nitrogen as needed to achieve the right ratio. Some examples of high carbon are things like wood chips, newspaper (avoid paper with color ink printing), or cornstalks. Examples of high nitrogen materials would be things like alfalfa, seaweed, manure, and grass clippings.
Now, what about the best method to use to make the compost? Some people just make a big pile right out in the open. That’s the method that might have been scaring you off before because it involves a lot of work and time. A necessary ingredient for composting to happen is heat. To get sufficient heat in a pile, you’ve got to pile it at least four feet high. So you’ve got to have enough stuff to make that happen, then you’ve got to have the muscles to turn that whole pile over every so often. Well, I have some good new for you. There is a better way. First of all, you can generate sufficient heat by using a composting container that is dark in color and setting it in the sun. Secondly, if it’s contained, it can be much easier to turn over. Some people like tumblers which simply require a little bit of rolling every few days – easy and quick. There are also vertical bins designed to allow the forces of gravity to mix the material when you open hatch doors. Again, an easy and efficient solution.
In the end, successful composting has more to do with just doing it, than doing it exactly right. As you move through the process, you can always add what you need if you get the ratio off a little bit. The main thing is to get started. Like so many other things, practice makes perfect.
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Home Composting – It’s Second Nature! – Part I
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Compost Wizard Hybrid
The Compost Wizard Hybrid by Good Ideas is a gardener’s dream. The first ever unit to combine a compost tumbler with a rain barrel. Not only do customers get a reduced price (compared to buying an Compost Wizard Jr and Rain Wizard 50) but they have the ability to easily mix compost tea with harvested rain water to create nutrient packed plant food.
The Compost Wizard Hybrid is available in 5 colors: Black, Forest Green, Khaki, Oak, and Terra Cotta and is made using polyethylene (go for the black color if you are interested in completely recycled materials). The rain barrel base is about 46-47 gallons and the tumbler is 7 cubic feet.
You should clean your barrel base at least twice a season.
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Make Garden Compost out of your waste – Recycle your Most Plentiful Organic Resource
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can make garden compost out of your most plentiful organic resource. He visits a friends place to learn about this way of composting.
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Homemade Compost Tumbler SUPER FAST COMPOST
See our new compost tumbler. See how to build a compost tumbler to use at your house. Use it to make super fast compost
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Composting: A Buyer’s Guide to Compost Bins
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There are many different styles of compost bins one can choose from, ranging from stationary, to compost, to worm composters, to indoor composters and so on. Then on top of that, there’s different models and styles, with different capacities, and tons of accessories to go along with them.
What we’ve done is grouped everything into sections and then we explain the different styles of compost bins and uses. That’s right – we’ve created a comprehensive buyer’s guide to compost bins for you. This is actually an easy process, it’s just a matter of deciding what kind of bin you want, and then where you want to place it. Learn all about compost bins in this crash course introduction to compost bins.
If you’re looking for more information and want to see many of these great composters, please click the link at the top of this description. There’s a wealth of information about composters there, and plenty of links to some of the different composters in this video.
Hope this helps, and happy composting!
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Eco Composter – Ace Hardware
The Eco Composter’s innovative movable sphere design helps you move compost to where you need to go. Check out this video to see how it works! This is available at select Ace stores. To find this composter and other lawn and garden tools, go to AceHardware.com, http://bit.ly/l0P0h.
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Vermicomposting: Turn Your Garbage into Garden Gold
Do you know what vermiculture or vermicomposting are? These are the terms given to describe the process of using special worms to breakdown organic waste into functional compost.
Not any worms will do however; you need to use special composting varieties such as red worms. This process is an organic, eco-friendly way of producing a nutritional supplement for your garden plants and reduces landfill waste.
Making use of vermiculture to create worm compost is similar to having an ant farm or raising bees. You basically give the creatures the substance they want and need. In our case a comfy environment and organic leftovers and they simply go about their business living. The leftover product, compost, is in return something you want. Both sides win!
And the item of interest is the worm castings. This superb, organic fertilizer is like high octane racing fuel for your garden vegetables. Red wigglers will do well in a storage bin eating their food (again your scraps), processing the scraps, and leaving behind wonderful organic, earth-friendly worm compost in a fairly short period time.
The majority of gardening centers will provide worm castings. Various kinds of compost are often called “black gold” and worm castings is some of the best “gold” available. It is nearly odorless, clean, and sterile. There are no health risks with handling it with your bare hands and it will not harm your pets or the natural creatures in the backyard. Finally, if you haven’t guessed, it will dramatically improve your soil, promoting the health and growth of your plants.
Obtaining Your Own worm compost – As discussed above you can often obtain vermicompost from your local gardening center. If you want to get all of the benefits of these worm helpers you could also get started quickly by buying a commercial worm bin. Most of those sold online will come with some red worms to get started.
If you are the adventurous type or a regular DIY type person making your own worm bin can be completed in one afternoon. A handmade worm compost bin will probably cost only a fraction of a commercial bin and red wigglers can be purchased attained from a number of sources, local and over the Internet.
Raising Your Worms – Vermicomposting can be a simple process if you have get a hold of the right information. It is pretty straightforward to raise worms in a composting bin. After just a short while you will get use to caring for worms and you may come to think of the worms as pets. Typically your composting worms will be cheaper and easier to care for.
Many worm composters will use this as an opportunity to show your children about science, gardening, and helping to take care of the our resources. After all educating the young is our best chance for improving society.
For some resources on creating your own worm composting bin, information on building an army of worms, and much more visit us at DiscoverComposting.com. Don’t reprint this exact article. Instead, reprint a free unique content version of this same article.