Compost in 40 gallon Containers for Container Gardening-Recycle your trash for compost
Hi! This is Going Organic. You can find our website at “www.goingorganic.weebly.com”! Today I am going to talk about composting.
It is winter time here in Central Florida. I am composting in containers to prepare for a container garden in the spring. I’ve drilled 3/8″ holes in the bottom of these 40 gallon containers. I’ve added oak leaves to the containers with shredded paper and cardboard from the home shredder, used coffee grounds from Starbucks, water from the fish pond, egg shells, cow manure, vegetable scraps.
All those old bills and junk mail you shred at home can be a carbon source for your compost. This is one more way to recycle and not send paper to the landfill.
Used coffee grounds are a good source of nitrogen. Once the grounds are used, their ph is close to neutral. So they are very safe for plants. I picked up this bag full of coffee grounds the other day. Starbucks has a recycling program for their coffee grounds. Anytime, you can walk in and ask for their used coffee grounds. They will pull the whole trash bag full of grounds out and double bag it for you. The other day, the server even carried it out to the car for me. I just want to say “Thanks!” to the Lake Mary Starbucks for all their free coffee grounds.
I’ve been using water from the fish pond, since it is used as liquid fertilizer in hydroponic systems. I have a page on my website on how to build an easy portable fish pond.
I save the egg shells from cooking, since tomatoes like calcium. I let them dry out overnight. Then I break up the eggshells into small pieces and add them to the compost.
Eventually I will substitute worm castings for cow manure. I didn’t start on my worm farm early enough to put it into this compost. The worm castings will provide much more nutritive value directly to the plant.
I had a lot of potatoe peals left over from Christmas dinner that I added to the containers a few days ago. Composting is a great way to recycle much of the waste that you usually take to the curb. Did you ever wonder how much of the trash in landfills is comprised of food waste. Well, according to the Department of Agriculture, it’s approximately 100 billion pounds every year. The average household alone ends up throwing out 14 percent of their food purchases.
Every few days, I dump the leaves into other containers to stir up all the leaves and increase the oxygen level in the mulch.
I put these large black garbage bags over the containers to accelerate the composting. This soil will be ready when all the leaves have broken down to the point where they can’t be recognized as leaves anymore. At that point, it should look like rich black soil.
So let me know what you think about the video. Also contact me at my website: “www.goingorganic.weebly.com”! I will keep you updated this coming spring on how well the compost turned out. Thanks for watching.
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Organic Gardening – Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, pH, and Compost
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If your vegetable garden is not yielding much or your flowers from the flower bed look nothing like the plush ones shown in a magazine then it is a sign that your plants are lacking vital nutrients. The best way to ensure your plants get these nutrients is by making a simple choice. Choose organic gardening compost instead of the chemical ones. The result will vary tremendously.
The health of the plants in your garden is important as our own health. It should never be ignored. Health of a vegetable garden also affects the people who consume the vegetables. Organically prepared compost is easy to make and is cheaper than the chemical fertilizers. Compost is the best way to give your plants all the vital nutrients it needs.
Compost is almost like a plant food. It has all the nutrients needed by your plant in the right amounts. Plants absorb nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus from the soil through the roots. Compost provides it with all these nutrients which sometimes lack in the soil naturally. It is most importantly chemical-free.
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Organic compost generally is insoluble and stays in the soil longer than the chemical ones. Therefore it restores the nutrients the soil may have lost due to plants or leeching caused by chemical fertilizers. A good fertile soil is the important necessity in maintaining a garden.
Since organic compost is thicker and insoluble than its chemical counterparts, it traps moisture in the mud also. Plants need water to absorb their nutrients and the more moisture it locks in the soil, the healthier your plant will get. Organic compost does not need to be bought at a store. It can be easily made in your home itself with little preparation.
Organic gardening compost is made by decomposing anything which decomposes like leftover food, rotten veggies or even animal waste. Dog and cat waste are generally not used as they may spread infection. These materials are filled in layers in a pit covered from rain. It must be mixed regularly so that it decomposes evenly.
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Aim Environmental: Composting Facility for Green Bin Program
Welcome to the City of Hamilton Central Composting Facility operated by Aim Environmental Group. This facility was designed to process 60,000 tons of source separated organic material per year by incorporating some of the worlds most innovative composting technologies. The design team at Maple Reinders, Aim Environmental Group and our partners at van Kaathoven Group and Christiaens Group collaborated to bring the finest in European, in-vessel tunnel technology to produce a system known for rapid decomposition of organic feedstock and the production of Ontarios highest grade compost.
The material that is brought to our facility is inspected before being loaded into a shredder. The material is conveyed under a cross belt magnet to remove any metal contaminants before it is loaded into one of the ten Phase 1 tunnels. The shredded waste is distributed in uniform layers over the tunnel, which is equipped with a heating system, an aerated floor and a sprinkler system to nourish the microorganisms responsible for decomposing the organic matter. It will remain in the Phase 1 tunnel for 10-14 days.
The material is then moved to one of six Phase 2 tunnels, where the material is further broken down and pasteurized in order to meet strict regulations. This second phase takes 7 to 10 days, and after cooling, the material is ready to be screened.
The highly efficient screening plant is able to extract plastics, stones and other ferrous material from the compost in one pass. It also separates the finished compost from organic material that wasnt fully broken down. The screened, finished compost is transported to the curing building for maturation, while the unfinished compost is added to the incoming waste.
The facility has an advanced computer system which is able to monitor and control all elements of the process such as water and air flow, leachate collection, and temperature. The process computers also control all of the air entering and exiting the building. To maximize odour control, negative air pressure is maintained on the plant floor and all exhaust from the building is passed through a biofilter before it is released to the outside environment.
This state-of-the-art composting facility has been in operation since 2006 and is still recognized as one of the most advanced compost facilities on the continent. Together, Maple Reinders and Aim Environmental Group outlined the facility to ensure it had a modular design to allow for future expansion to address emerging opportunities. All facilities are custom-designed in order to meet the demands of their market.
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Coffee to Compost
A video about composting coffee into compost.
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Building a composting toilet
It’s so easy to build your very own sawdust composting toilet. Here’s how.
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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.
For more information go to www.goodideasinc.com or call 1-866-595-IDEA (4332)
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How To Divide Garbage To Minimize The Landfill
In most communities, reducing, reusing, and recycling waste has become a standard practice to minimize the amount of garbage going into landfills. Sorting your waste will often depend on the recycling program in your community. Most have guidelines published for residents. There are general guidelines, though.
Sorting garbage can reduce the impact on landfill by about 75%. The first step is to separate the organic/food waste from all the other garbage. That means anything that has grown; vegetable matter, meat, yard waste, tea bags, coffee grounds, eggshells and table scraps. These materials are all compostable, and many communities use the compost for plants and trees by roadsides and in town gardens, and sometimes sell the compost to home gardeners. It is also possible to compost in your own backyard. Compost bins are easy to construct, and once you have good compost up and running, it practically takes care of itself.
The next category of garbage is the bottles, tin foil and cans. This might include juice and milk cartons, plastic bags, bubble wrap, rigid plastic packaging. These items should be rinsed before sorting. They can all be diverted from landfill and sent for recycling. Old tires and building materials can also be diverted from landfill for recycling. Recycling equipment is used to help process these materials. Some of the products being made from these recyclables are floor tiles, road surfaces, sandals, swings, carpeting, plastic furniture and many other imaginative and creative products.
Paper and cardboard is the other broad category. This would include cardboard boxes that food such as cereal comes in. It would also include newspapers, letters and envelopes, toilet paper rolls, and any other dry clean paper product. Boxes should be flattened to minimize the bulk and making the pick-up more efficient. Paper and paper products are recycled into paper and paper products. There is an increasing demand for recycled paper from consumers and companies. The process is kinder to the environment, and calls for fewer trees to be felled for paper. Landfills are filling up across the continent. By removing those items that can be recycled – paper, cardboard, glass, wood, organic matter – we reduce the impact on landfill sites. We also minimize the impact of landfill seepage into the water table. Making our garbage as small as possible reduces our imprint on the planet, and extends the life and health of our landfills.
When organic matter ends up in a landfill, the normal breakdown into nutrients does not occur, because the fill is packed so tightly that air does not circulate around the decaying matter. Rather than return nutrients to the earth, organic matter under those conditions produces methane, which contributes to global warming. Landfills become clogged with items that will never degrade, such as plastics. In the manufacturing process, petroleum, the primary element of plastics, is altered so that it is not recognized by the bacteria and enzymes that break down matter to its reusable form. Removing these products from landfill and sending them off to be reused is a more efficient way of handling the resources that are in limited supply. There are other products that may degrade naturally if exposed to sunlight, but that also is unlikely in a heavily packed landfill. Again, removing those items from that stream, and sending them to new uses through recycling saves energy, resources and the health of the planet.
Recycling can take up a lot of space. Using compaction equipment to help compress recyclables is a great way to not only speed up the process, but save time and money in the long run. Look up on compactor today – improve your waste removal and disposal!
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Composter Product Review: Large Recycled Plastic Compost Bin
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/recycled-plastic-composter.html
This large recycled plastic compost bin is an excellent addition to your home, lawn, or garden. It holds about 90 gallons of material and is made of 100% recycled polypropylene plastic, and embles really easily. There are doors on each side of the composter that allow you to pull your compost out with ease.
The base of this composter is also open, which allows your compost tea and other nutrients to drain right into the soil!
For more information on this composter, please click the link at the top of this video description. There’s a plethora of information available about this product. If you’re interested in other composters, you can also find those on the site as well. Enjoy!
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vermi-composting 101
want to cut waste, conserve resources and lower your greenhouse gas emmisions? vermicomposting is a natural way to turn food waste & newspaper into a nutrient rich fertilizer – using worms! this method allows you to compost indoors without stinking up your home; the worms eat whatever is decomposing. Keep green waste out of landfills. this video is a step by step instructional guide on how to enter the world of vermicomposting.
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Through the ROLYPIG Composter
Flash movie of an apple tumbling through the ROLYPIG Composter
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