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Agar's Home Made Compost recipe for bulk substrates
      02/26/06 01:45 PM

Easy compost ingredients, means, & method.

Meant for folks with limited space.
Who cannot do normal outdoor compost piles.
(best done in warm weather spring to fall)

Requires:
A small outdoor space & area that compost drainage will not harm.

Items needed.

55 gallon plastic drum, with lid
(often found at surplus supply stores for cheap)


Small drill & ? inch bit


3 or 4 bricks.
(to set the drum of so it has drainage)

Drill ? inch holes every 2 inches, in rings 3  or 4 inches apart, all around the drum.
Drill 20 or 30 ? inch holes in the bottom of the drum, for drainage.

Drill 20 or 30 holes in the lid.
(drainage, when you tip drum upside down)

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Compost ingredients.

2/3rds bale of wheat straw (preferably shredded)
(bale from feed & seed store, around $6 each)

3 or 4 five gallon buckets of horse or cow manure (preferably shredded)
(gathered from wherever, free)

2 or 3 five gallon buckets of fruit/produce refuse (preferably shredded)
(check with local grocery produce man, or produce market, free)

(side note, you can add coffee grounds, potato peelings, spent brewery grains (think local micro-brewery), minor amounts of kelp meal, bone meal, cotton seed meal, soy bean meal (think organic garden supply)Hot air popped pop corn - makes a GREAT additive  :grin:.

(Stay away from adding bagged store bought steer manure).

3 or 4 cups of garden type gypsum powder .
(think garden supply, cheap)

Quart of vegetable oil.
(any type - cheap)

Prepare space for drum to sit on bricks.
Have enough space - you can tip drum on it?s side & roll it.
(back & forth)

On a tarp, in a tote, or in a wheel-barrow, mix all ingredients.

Fill drum FULL, but not TIGHTLY COMPRESSED or COMPACTED.
(content needs to breath)

Use hose or bucket to add about 5 gallons of water to drum content.

Seal drum, upright - sitting on the bricks.

In a few days, tip drum on its side, roll it back & forth.

Set drum upright on bricks again.

Add another 5 gallons of water.

Wait a week.

Add 2 or 3 gallons of water.
Tip drum over, roll it back & forth.

Then, stand drum upright, on bricks UPSIDE DOWN.

Wait another week, tip & roll drum again.

Stand upright, RIGHT SIDE UP.
Add 2 or 3 gallons of water.
Seal drum.

Wait another week & repeat process.

In around 1 month, the compost should be ready.
(variables are outside temperatures, Rh, sun/shade conditions)

Inspect now & then.
When it is about finished, or finished.
It will have a high fiber consistency,
a garden soil odor
& all content should be a caramel like brown color.

If you can manage.
Staggering 2 or 3 drums will give you a constant supply.
For a winter supply.
Sun dry however much & store in burlap bags.
In a cool - clean - DRY place.

If you want to speed up the composting process.
Most garden supply places, have bottled compost starter solutions.
Buy a bottle & add some to the the first & second waterings.
No need for it - after that.

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Edited by agar (02/26/06 03:17 PM)

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