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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: LewDoja] 1
#28566449 - 12/03/23 08:51 AM (1 month, 25 days ago) |
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I made myself mashed sweet potatoes for the first time today, I am to compost the skin.
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We chuck just about everything out on the compost heap. Peels, skins and shells of whatever fruit and nuts we eat, vegetable cutoffs, dinner leftovers (rare; virtually all of it gets eaten), old/stale bread, dilapidated houseplant leaves/stalks or entire plants when they somehow expire, potting soil, cuttings and weeds from the garden including twigs and branches (no major chunks of wood as they take too long to compost), flower bouquets when they go bad, etc. etc. etc.
We don't eat meat, so no meat leftovers etc.
There's no smell. 95% of what we dump out there is composted within a year. The compost goes back into the yard. This year we had several tomato and avocado plants sprouting from our compost, and an orange or lemon tree here and there as well.
It's a small pile but since it composts so efficiently, it doesn't really grow in size even though we chuck junk on it on a daily basis. In summer it sometimes starts to pile up with material from the garden, but within a few weeks it tends to sag in on itself and in winter it's just a small mound about 1-2ft deep and a couple of ft across.
Long story short, don't overthink it. If it's plant-based, just chuck it on the heap and it'll be OK. Some things take a little longer to compost than others. Woods tend to take a few years, so go easy on those if you don't want your pile to grow too much. Make sure the pile is in a shaded spot and keep moist during dry summers. Mix it a couple of times a year so it's nice and homogenous. Try not to smother it with lawn cuttings during summers, although it'll survive even that if it only happens occasionally.
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koraks
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I'm afraid you lost me.
Our compost pile is just that. It's a pile we chuck stuff onto. It manages itself. That's what I feel is the essence of a compost pile. Chuck & forget.
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Earthen Eating
#28565195 - 12/02/23 12:16 PM (1 month, 26 days ago) |
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Shat can I eat that has leftover biodegradable remains that I can compost? A list of examples: banana peels, strawberry leaves, edamame pods, apple cores, pistachio shells, watermelon outsides, orange peels, coffee grains! What else should I eat seasonally other than blueberries?
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Not seasonally but egg-shells /egg-carton
Lettuce -ends that get cut off Same with celery /onions /tomato cores/ cantaloupe rhinds
Kiwis Walnuts/ acorns/ sunflower seeds (also if grow your own lots of plant materials and root balls)
Corn (husks/ cob)
Paper plates (compostable)- not for eating ! But eating on
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Nice yummy I make a fried tortilla stuffed with mash and cheese good shit with hot sauce
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: LewDoja]
#28566848 - 12/03/23 02:28 PM (1 month, 24 days ago) |
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Don't forget to add more browns to composte like leaves and mulch
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: LewDoja]
#28566851 - 12/03/23 02:29 PM (1 month, 24 days ago) |
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I worked at chili's many years ago and morning prep I would bring home all I could like lettuce ends and Romain it adds up quick if you keep at it
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: LewDoja]
#28567005 - 12/03/23 04:26 PM (1 month, 24 days ago) |
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Can you give me a list of browns?
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28575982 - 12/09/23 03:19 PM (1 month, 18 days ago) |
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Should compost be exposed to SunLight?
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28576114 - 12/09/23 04:53 PM (1 month, 18 days ago) |
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koraks said: Make sure the pile is in a shaded spot and keep moist during dry summers. .
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28576121 - 12/09/23 04:57 PM (1 month, 18 days ago) |
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koraks said: Make sure the pile is in a shaded spot and keep moist during dry summers.
. This year we had several tomato and avocado plants sprouting from our compost, and an orange or lemon tree here and there as well
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If seeds sprout it means the pile didn't get hot enough. Although those are favorable plants to have sprout, if throwing in weeds they will likely sprout as well.
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: LewDoja]
#28578156 - 12/11/23 06:57 AM (1 month, 17 days ago) |
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LewDoja said:
If seeds sprout it means the pile didn't get hot enough. Although those are favorable plants to have sprout, if throwing in weeds they will likely sprout as well.
Yes, the weeds also sprout. This pile indeed does not ferment at high temperature. Can't be bothered to 'fix' it though!
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28578160 - 12/11/23 07:00 AM (1 month, 17 days ago) |
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Should I keep the compost under the lid or open for FAE?
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koraks
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Open is better AFAIK. You don't want anaerobic fermentation, which is really really gross.
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28578440 - 12/11/23 11:02 AM (1 month, 17 days ago) |
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Aerobic respiration when my hygrometer is at 80% and my cigarette's go out due to the water vapor in the air that is clearly visible. Mushroom cell-wall oxyge-hydro-saturation or massive absorbtion-growth ‘permeation’ but I’m still confused about electronic light? I have to referencs past posts.
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a disease of amphibians caused by a chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that infects the superficial layers of the epidermis resulting in degradation of the skin, disruption of gas exchange with the environment, and eventual death due to cardiac arrest
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I saw a photo of a newt with his fruits. I think camouflage ability of chameleons is fungal-affective, a hidden power. Hydrostatic introduction with a fish pump bubbler and a rack to rest the cakes in an FC.
How will azomite affect my compost? It being volcanic ash?
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28579552 - 12/12/23 05:23 AM (1 month, 16 days ago) |
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I am planning on adding perlite to my compost to give it space. Have you used Azomite?
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koraks
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Nope. Chuck & forget.
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: koraks]
#28581158 - 12/13/23 11:33 AM (1 month, 15 days ago) |
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koraks said: Nope. Chuck & forget.
Same. We have a big bin, it does have a lid and is sealed well enough in attempts to keep larger rodents out, but still allows plenty of airflow. We do nothing but hurl the green/food waste in there and hardly ever mix it up. There are little doors on the bottom of the bin we open to harvest the compost and it's always right proper.
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Re: Earthen Eating [Re: geokills]
#28581456 - 12/13/23 03:16 PM (1 month, 14 days ago) |
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So you use azomite in your compost?
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