Garden Composting Systems

Perhaps one of the more common puzzlers encountered with composting is the management of compost materials when one only has a single compost tumbler. Although single compost tumblers are cheaper, buyers often face the problem of what to do or how to manage the incoming organic waste while the tumbler is busy cooking the present batch.

What the Manuals Say

Adding to the dilemma is what most compost tumblers’ manuals recommend: fully loading the composter and not adding additional compostable wastes once the lid has been closed.

Most composters can finish the whole process and make good, rich compost in 6 weeks or so. Until then you would have to find a way to manage the everyday turnout of organic wastes within those 6 weeks. So what can be done that’s both practical and effective?

Well, what you can do is leave space for the fresh trash on top, letting it rest while becoming rich. You can then mix it in with the old by turning. Another idea is to throw in some fresh worms to speed up the process and let the new compost catch up.

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Worm farming is just like composting with your vegetable scraps and other green and organic wastes minus the worms. Regular compost heats up to a degree that no worms can survive. As you may already know, biological activity occurring during the composting process releases heat. A set of boxes intended to be worm farms holds a special type of worms that aids in the process.

Commonly, these worms thrive in horse manure. It is safe to use because horse manure is not likely to carry pathological germs that cause human diseases and they don’t smell too bad. You can get horse manure from horse stables and integrate them to your compost to result in a worm farm.

Not all compost bins are good for these worms to thrive and do their composting jobs. It is recommended that you use a worm bin as they are designed to keep temperature and humidity ideal for worms to survive during the whole process. If not, a few buckets of horse manure will have to be thrown in for them to thrive and speed up the composting process.

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