Composting 101

Foodie Girl asked if I would post some pictures of my composting efforts.  So here is how it was put together.

• I got one small garbage can and one larger storage bin.
• We drilled holes all around both bins about 2” apart and the holes were smaller down towards the bottom of the bins.
• Placed broken up Wheatgrass mats on the bottom followed by my juice pulp.
• Dumped a bunch of worms in the first bin.

I keep the white one upstairs beside my garbage can and when it gets about 3/4 full, I dump it into the black bin. I keep it downstairs in my storage room. I do have to dig most of the worms back out again to put them in the white one but I leave a ton of them in the black bin. Like I mentioned yesterday, I need about 2000 more worms to handle the amount of pulp I go through daily.



I did not post any pictures of worms as I want Helen to come back to visit my site

J

The compost takes about 3 months to completely process but I keep adding to the black bin from the white bin so I think it may take a bit longer. I almost need a third, non-worm bin to just let it sit but I don’t have the room right now. I have an outdoor bin and I may add some of this to it in the spring to get it moving. It’s not easy stirring those outdoor ones as they are quite a bit bigger.

I hope I didn’t gross anyone out.

Have a fantastic day, I’m having fun with my Grandson this weekend.

Sandra