Some gratuitous slowmo #compost amendments today for #ICAW2024 #30DayCompostContentChallenge
Mixed food and garden waste has been contributed by community composters - adding fine browns to ensure a good C:N ratio (just going by feel), and a splash of water to ensure good moisture levels to promote active microbial colonisation #KensingtonCompost #CommunityComposting #EarthDayEveryDay @loccal_aus that’s hot
Some gratuitous slowmo #compost amendments today for #ICAW2024 #30DayCompostContentChallenge
Mixed food and garden waste has been contributed by community composters - adding fine browns to ensure a good C:N ratio (just going by feel), and a splash of water to ensure good moisture levels to promote active microbial colonisation #KensingtonCompost #CommunityComposting #EarthDayEveryDay Soil Sisters Singleton LOcal Community Compost ALliance (LOCCAL)
Some of the compost we make can go straight onto soil as nutrient-enriched mulch, but for growing in containers and raised beds, a lot the larger pieces of wood or bark left over from hot composting are too chunky. Especially important when raising seeds...
We have rigged up a dedicated screening bay designed to sift out large stuff to send it back through the composting process. The screen is portable and also can used on any other crate or even a ute bed if needed. We have tried ultra-fine 11mm mesh in the past, which is very time consuming to push a full cubic metre of compost through. Using a manual process, 20mm apertures seem like about the right balance for quick sieving and getting a reasonable grade of medium for planting in.
This year will be setting up a screening trommel to try and speed the process up even more!
#ICAW2024 #compost #naturesClimateChampion #Kensington3031 #KensingtonVic #KensingtonCompost #CommunityComposting #EarthDayEveryDay #CircularEconomy #betterSoilBetterLifeBetterFuture #30DayCompostContentChallenge Soil Sisters Singleton LOcal Community Compost ALliance (LOCCAL) City Compost Network City of Melbourne International Compost Awareness Week
Screening a batch of finished compost at Kensington Town Hall Compost Hub
Our volunteers are at the hub each weekend!
Last week we added a lid mechanism to make it easier for you to compost.
Is that actually compostable?
Hey composters! We are taking a weekend off over the holidays, we will be checking in and making sure things are ticking along, but there will be no inductions next Sunday. Also, check out the first edition of 'is that actually compostable?' featuring a compostable plastic bag. Stay tuned for an update in 2020!