Composting!!

matthebrute said:

Alright im done with my indoor compost project lets see if i can break it down pretty easily for everyone who is interested in what i did, i will also be updating my composts status to let everyone know how this is working oput for me and if there is any smell or whatnot.

first thing is first, supplies. wal-mart 20$ for stackable totes and about 10 bucks for 3 packages of trout worms, not sure exactly what kind they are but they will work untill i get the red wrigglers in, going to order about a pund of them as soon as i can but for now these trout worms will still work. hell they may even be the right kind
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the last pic above is a pic i found online of a red wrigglers that are supposedly the fastest at decomposing, the ones i got look pretty similar so im thinking they are the right kind.


once i got my supplies i went ahead and started making my bedding, some dry leaves i went and collected previously for my outdoor compost bin. my research on this told me that the finer they "bedding" is broken down the faster this works and as most of you know im a inpatient soab. i used the lawnmower to chop up the leaves

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i have a bagger for mower it worked pretty good.
after i had the material chopped up i dumped a few gallons of hot water on it to moisten it.

the next step was to prepare the totes, and ideal bin should have good drainage and ventilation. i was going to cut up some small screen and zip tie it on top of all the holes in the bottom but decided the holes were of a small enough size there was no need.
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this thing supposedly can drip water and if it gets too dry you have to water it so you need something to catch the water, instead of placing the tote inside another tote propped up with bricks i just bought a thin tote and modified it so that the compost bin can sit on top of it with the lid on. i just cut out the 2 lowest imprints on the lid and snapped the lid back on, i really like these totes because the lids have "locks"
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at this point i would be ready to add worms but i went a little further. i have a coffee can that sits on the counter and food waste goes in it. well the other day i put some dairy products in it not knowing they werent good compost material so i dumped it into my outside bin and had to make up some kitchen waste. grabbed the dirty grounds out of the coffee pot, emptied a couple eggs out into the dogs dish and rinsed the shell and crumbled them (4 eggshells) and grated up some potatoe. i also grabbed some plain cardboard and any "brown" paper i could find, anything without ink because i dont want the chemicals from the ink in my compost. ripped em up and soaked in hot water. after they were saturated i rung them out and fluffed em up and they went on top, this actually made a nice layer on the top that the worms can live in and i can put the kitchen waste inder the layer of cardboard.

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and after i got all that put together i just added the worms and closed the lid

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now i have my verry own way to make my own organic worm castings, i will use the runoff water to feed my plants a nice organic "tea". i know worm castings are cheap but now i know exactly what goes into mine and it also saves money on trash bags ass alot of kitchen waste can be utilized. i am hoping by the time i start my next grow (in about a month) i will have some really rich organic compost to use for a good 75% base medium to grow in.

hope you guys enjoyed my my little in experienced tutorial and please if you are familiar with this style composting and see there is something I could improve upon feel free to comment.


Matt

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robert 14617 said:

chicken manure can be pretty hot , i am going to get serious about finding rabbit breeders in my area , rabbit manure can go straight into your gardens or compost

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scroglodyte said:

View attachment 2000798the worm ranch. i compost in piles and a couple of trash cans with holes in them, and then feed the red wrigglers the compost. i get free compostables on Craigslist. i just found a guy for chicken shit.....$20 a loader scoop. i'm so excited....lol. a compost nerd.....wtf?

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matthebrute said:

well i put a dead fish in one of my 5 gal pots i grew in this summer and it didnt hurt, not sure how much it helped but it definatly didnt hurt anything

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