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FREE Composting Workshops!
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, Composting for kids!, Composting Workshops and Events, General, How to, Master Composters, tagged compost bins, compost lessons, compost workshop, Composting, Composting for kids!, El Cajon, Farmer's Market, food scraps, free workshops, greens, Master Composters, mulch, nitrogen, vermicomposting, vermiculture, worm castings, worm tea, worms on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Rotline” Question of the Week: Why are there so many worms in the bottom collection bin of my worm farm?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged compost bins, escaping worms, food scraps, red wigglers, removing chlorine, sediment in worm tea, soil amendments, too acidic, vermicomposting, wandering worms, wayward worms, worm bin, worm bin problems, worm castings, worm tea on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If your bin becomes too acidic, too moist, too dry, too compact, full of rotting food, full of food they don’t like, too hot, too cold or they just organize an expedition, your worms can attempt an escape from your bin. This thwarted escape plan (if your lid is on tight) ends up with many [...]
“Rotline” Question of the Week: Do I need to chop up my compostables before adding them?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged compost, Composting, decomposition, food scraps, grinding, Master Composters, research, sustainability on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chopping up your compostables will speed up the decomposition process. The smaller the surface area of the material generally the faster it will break down. One easy way to do this is to chop up your materials as you collect them. For example, when you are cooking, you can chop up your scraps as you [...]
Crock Pot Composting – make the ultimate worm food!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon, compost, Composting, crock pot composting, decomposition, food scraps, Heat, moisture, red wigglers, Temperature, vermicomposting, worm bin, worm bins, worm castings, worm food, worms on May 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Crock Pot Composting How to make the ultimate worm food! By: Diane Hollister, Master Composter Worms have no teeth, so they can’t consume the kitchen scraps you feed them until the scraps are broken down a bit. You can do this yourself very easily by putting your food waste in a crock pot. Here’s what [...]
Rotline Question of the Week: How do I figure out the C:N ratio in my compost pile?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged "Rotline" Question of the Week, browns, browns to greens, C:N ratio, compost, compost calculator, compost mix calculator, compost recipe, Composting, food scraps, greens, home composting, nitrogen, soil amendments, water on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The ideal Carbon to Nitrogen ratio (“browns” to “greens”) in a compost pile is somewhere between 25:1 and 30:1, depending on who you talk to and what you are planting. Some composters take the more laissez-faire approach, throwing in whatever they have when they have it, letting the C:N ratio be whatever it is going [...]
Rotline Question of the week: Can I add frozen food to a worm bin?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Rotline" Question of the Week, Composting, food scraps, frozen fruit in worm bin, fruit scraps, moisture, mushy food, red wigglers, thaw, vegetables, vermicomposting, water, worm bin, worms on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you just made a fruit salad or cut up a large watermelon, you may have more material than can be fit into a worm bin at one time. It’s very convenient to stow this food in the freezer until the worms are hungry again, but will the worms eat this food after it has [...]
Start the new year composting!
Posted in General, tagged compost, compost bins, Composting, food scraps, free workshops, gardening, Master Composters, recycling, san diego, San Diego Zoo, Solana Center, sustainability, vermicomposting, worms on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 8am-10am San Diego Zoo Otto Entrance (one block south of main entrance) Learn how to create rich garden soil, save water, and reduce trash at the landfill by recycling your kitchen scraps and garden debris at this FREE workshop. Workshop is taught by trained Master Composters from the Solana Center for [...]
Why should I compost? I’m not growing vegetables.
Posted in Master Composters, tagged alternate daily cover, anaerobic, biodegrad, carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, compost, Composting, decay, decomposition, food scraps, garden compost, gardening, green house gases, greens, healthy soil, home composting, landfill, Master Composters, methane, moisture, organic material, pollution, runoff, soil, soil amendments, Solana Center, sustainability, vermicomposting, waste, water conservation, water retention, yard clippings on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
by: David Emmerson, LCCHS Science Teacher and Solana Center Master Composter Kitchen waste, yard clippings, paper, coffee grounds, and other organic materials that are produced in the home are all considered “biodegradable”. This term has a positive connotation, especially to us environmentalists. It means that they can be broken down into their raw materials by [...]
Rotline Question of the Week: Can you have too many greens in your compost pile?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged "Rotline", "Rotline" Question of the Week, browns, carbon, carbon to nitrogen ratio, compost, compost bins, Composting, food scraps, greens, Heat, nitrogen, odor, Temperature on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes, composters find themselves lacking in browns (carbon rich materials like straw, mulch, shredded paper, etc.) and having a surplus of greens (nitrogen rich materials like kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, freshly cut grass, etc.). But is it bad to have too many greens? What happens if you have too many greens in your compost bin? [...]
Composting in India
Posted in General, tagged compost, Composting, food scraps, Master Composters, Temperature on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Pete Ash, Master Composter It all happened by mistake. Or did it? At this point I don’t really know. Many would say it was no accident, but in a way, it was. It all started a year ago when I decided to come to India to study Biodynamic Agriculture. I had just completed a [...]
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