StarravenMy daughter and I liberated the People's compost yesterday!
(It sounds better than "We nicked some of the leaves piled up behind the community centre.")
Susan A. KitchensWhen computing life gets to be too much with browser windows that won't close (human problem, not bad software) and aggravation over buggy sites, it's good to go shred some paper. Shredding S.O.'s old bills.
Nothing like the satisfaction of shredding gasoline credit card bills, knowing the shredded paper is the carbon ingredient of #compost pile. Big Oil dead trees will go into my compost pile and become good fertile soil for garden. Take that!!
#gardening #compostadon
Woke early to go to the opens-at-7am municipal compost giveaway, arriving 7am. #Compost is still warm, there’ll be some cure time for it to cool down.
This is a morning when I realize we’ve become THOSE sort of people.
PumpkinThe.comfrey propagation experiment is working out really well. The entire gutter was filled with fine roots with new plants emerging every week. I took 2/3 of the plants out and put them into a nook in the yard between some trees.
I gave several to friends and called it the cow manure plant after the way comfrey tea smells while fermenting. To a fertile future!
GssyWe've been using a bucket-based compost toilet in suburbia for the past few years. It has a 12V computer fan that keeps the inside of the system at negative pressure relative to the bathroom. What's surprised me, is that it smells *less* then a "normal" flush toilet. There is no odour, at all, during use. We don't even need the bathroom exhaust fan.
It separates wee and poo and uses almost no water. I empty the wee daily onto our trees, and the poo weekly into a compost bin which takes about 6 months to break down into odour free soil.
It's been a revelation - we're saving water, closing the nutrient loop, don't have to pay for a plumber, and our trees have never looked happier.
In terms of "yuck-factor", if you've dealt with nappies, this is totally fine. #compost #compostadon #CompostToilet
It separates wee and poo and uses almost no water. I empty the wee daily onto our trees, and the poo weekly into a compost bin which takes about 6 months to break down into odour free soil.
It's been a revelation - we're saving water, closing the nutrient loop, don't have to pay for a plumber, and our trees have never looked happier.
In terms of "yuck-factor", if you've dealt with nappies, this is totally fine. #compost #compostadon #CompostToilet
Python_Dev@nicole2g @kate @bethsawin wouldn’t the #compostadon be not necessary because I assume at this point if you are on #mastadon then you already love it?
This being said, this is the first big year for my new #garden so I’m super excited for it to get warmer here! I have my #seeds all ready to start in a few weeks.
This being said, this is the first big year for my new #garden so I’m super excited for it to get warmer here! I have my #seeds all ready to start in a few weeks.