compost

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:42 am

Carbon input?
Would wood ash do?

Roots · Post by **Roots** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:27 pm

Just brown (carbon) yard waste, even though the leafs had brown in them they would still be considered a green ( nitrogen) input ….it’s all about a balance of green and brown.

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:42 pm

Well I'm generating tons of wood ash, and I've been wondering if it's been a good idea to put it in my compost pile, I've been putting a little in, you know cuz its potash.
But I was never sure if I could just dump a whole bunch in there. I think that answers my question, I would need a balance.

How would steer manure work into the balance?

Lrus007 · Post by **Lrus007** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:14 pm

wood ash if you put into a plastic bucket. add water to it
in a day or two the liquid in the bucket is lye. very strong
lye. well pour that off and add more water. pour that off
and should be ok to add the ash to your compost pile.

Roots · Post by **Roots** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:49 pm

Steer manure fresh or dried is considered green and would need to be mixed with a brown and heat up and turned a few times to turn into humus.

Lrus007 · Post by **Lrus007** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:43 pm

well i invented a dry sift shaker.
spent 4 days shaking 7 full brown bags of
sugar leaf. then added that to composter.

so composter is full again. but i got all the leaf delt with.
then here is a photo of the 1 grade of dry sift. the full melt.

turned out well

Roots · Post by **Roots** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:20 pm

You should static tech the dry sift.

Lrus007 · Post by **Lrus007** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:09 pm

oh this machine i made works very well.

Lrus007 · Post by **Lrus007** » Sat May 28, 2022 4:36 pm

so compost for a month was like 2" balls.
i have taken a drill powered auger to it.
been spinning composter every night then using the
auger on it. is breaking up nicely now. when it gets
broke up enough to look like soil i will add some worms.

ripper5 · Post by **ripper5** » Sat May 28, 2022 6:11 pm

What would be the best mesh size for doing just small amounts via the scrape/shape method? Not the finest size, but the best compromise between quality/quantity?