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CANADIAN REGION What are you doing JANUARY - MARCH 2019
. . . many gardeners report feeling a sense of joyful well-being . . .
KJ, This is from your #7. I love this.
- on 1/16/2019, 4:53 pm
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Compost: Berkeley 18 day [hot] method
Plantoid just mentioned this hot, quick method for making compost in another topic "Fertilizer in Bagged Mix."I think the Berkeley method is a great way to quickly make your own compost, although I have never been able to make it in 18 days. My fault for not turning it every 2 days. I started daily recordings this year. Pile #4 was started April 7 this spring and was finished in 27 days, then rested a week, for a total of 34 days. It was turned a total of 7 times. Pile #5 was started June 29, finished in 36 days and turned 8 times, then used on day 40. The current pile #6 was started August 10 and turned 4 times so far. I estimate it will be finished in 30 days, then rested a week. So, up to 40 days from start to finish seems to be my pattern. I will build one more, #7, in September. I finally feel a lessening of the panic I've had, since I started SFG 1 1/2 years ago, that I don't have enough compost for making more MM and recharging used beds. I should have a full bin volume (27 cu ft) of ready-to-use compost come next spring.
The cage is 3' x 3' x 3' inner dimensions, the minimum mass for hot or "hottie" compost. The final volume is about 1/2, or 13 1/2 cubic feet.
- on 8/27/2014, 4:20 am
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