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I captured these images while I was over at my dad’s place building composting beds in his yard. I’ve never seen a centipede molting before, so I thought it was pretty cool!
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Written by Compost Guy on April 29th, 2010 with no comments.
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Not one of my better images, but this milk carton (and others like it) served me very well! Before switching over to an “official” food scrap hold (a plastic jobby that holds “official” BioBag inserts! haha), I always used to use empty milk cartons as my scrap holders (the containers that would sit under my sink and receive kitchen scraps before being emptied into various worm composting systems). Milk cartons (especially the 2 litre size) work well since they are waxed (so resist microbial attack) and can be closed up reasonably well, plus they contain just the right amount of scraps so as to avoid the risk of creating a stink while you wait for the thing to fill up.
Speaking of stink – really, there is no excuse for having a stinky scrap holder when it comes down to it. Aside from having good air flow another really helpful feature is a “false bottom”. Rather than simply letting the scraps sit on the bottom of the container, where they will rot and create a nasty stench, I highly recommend adding a fairly thick layer of shredded, absorbent cardboard. This wicks up excess moisture and prevents those nasty anaerobic conditions from developing down at the bottom.
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Written by Compost Guy on April 27th, 2010 with no comments.
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This set of images definitely represents a “blast from the past”. I took them while I was working on my (ill-fated) masters program at the University of Guelph (04/05). My project involved composting liquid pig waste mixed with straw, using small (by industrial standards) in-vessel composting systems (built by Transform Systems in B.C.), and measuring the ammonia gas being released. The idea was to see if a brief “precomposting” period, followed by vermicomposting would help to reduce the overall amount of ammonia being released.
All I wanted to to, of course, was play with my worms and see how well they would grow in the material – which probably helps to explain why I am an online worm compost educator and entrepreneur – NOT an academic!
Written by Compost Guy on April 15th, 2010 with 1 comment.
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Last summer I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the various sunflowers in my all natural “privacy fence” – I used a seed mix called “Monet’s Pallete“, and it certainly lived up to the name.
While capturing some images of these flowers, I also happened to catch some bees and other insects as well, which was really cool. I’ll definitely share some of the other shots over time (don’t want people to get sick of seeing sunflowers right off the bat! haha).
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Written by Compost Guy on April 13th, 2010 with 1 comment.
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I originally intended “Compost Guy” to be my primary site for sharing my passion for composting (and related topics) with the world. Over time, while I certainly HAVE shared quite a lot of information here, my REAL focus has been on my other composting site, Red Worm Composting – which has definitely become my main stomping grounds online.
Apart from not having enough time to fully develop both sites, I was worried that I’d end up being too redundant with my content (posting similar articles), and thus basically defeat the purpose of having two sites. I thought perhaps that I could bring some contributors on board to freshen things up, but…well…that plan didn’t work QUITE as well as I had hoped. People weren’t exactly beating down my door to get their articles posted. Haha
Anyway, I have decided to put things in suspended animation here at Compost Guy for a while. I know I will be back at some point to further develop the site, but for now I need to keep my focus elsewhere. If you are a composting fan, please be sure to see what I’m up to over at Red Worm Composting. I add at least a few new blog posts over there each week – that is also the best place to get in touch with me!
Written by Compost Guy on April 13th, 2010 with no comments.
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