Ragna<p>Allemachtig wat een hoop werk verzet weer. Ik had (veel) meer tuinafval dan ik kwijt kan in m'n 3 vaks- compostsysteem. <br>De compost die klaar is er uit (hij is heel mooi!!); deels in de tuin verspreid en de rest in een big bag geschept. Daarna de beluchtingsbuizen schoongemaakt en weer begonnen met vullen. Voornamelijk grassen, vliersnoeisel, braam, lisdodde en distels. Afgewisseld met lagen houtsnippers. <br>Alles water gegeven. 🥇🥇🥇<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/compostodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compostodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growyourown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EdibleGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdibleGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/foodforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodforest</span></a></p>
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@yvan The #compost #Compostodon tag community might have advice.
UK Based Question: What loam based peat-free compost are people recommending these days. Not the cheap fluffy "potting compost" crap at B&Q that is full of wood and barely retains water!
Something soil/loam based.
Few of the usual retailers spec the stuff properly!
(I am being consulted on specifying the bits to buy to put some salad planters in at work.)
Our thuja trees are relentless. Every year, without fail, they produce a crapton of leaves(?), seeds, and other assorted stuff. We use it as cover around bushes etc. as it's free and our dog doesn't eat it. But I will soon have a third filled compost heap and no more places to put it.
I have pleaded, but the trees won't listen. How can the shedding never end? Where does it all come from???
Compost worms are aquatic!
This is (I believe) an Eisenia foetida (red wiggler compost worm) living in the soil and gravel substrate of a fish aquarium I set up a couple of months ago. It is fully submerged with no direct access to the atmosphere!
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@yvan A friend tried doing a Johnson-Su bioreactor with one but didn't have the discipline to keep it watered. But you could definitely just fill it with green-heavy woodchip and just leave it for a year or two.
Ooh, here's a guide to doing one with an old IBC! https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/land-preparation/soils/how-to-build-a-johnson-su-bioreactor-to-produce-your-own-on-farm-biology
Farmers Weekly · How to build a Johnson-Su bioreactor to produce your own on-farm biology - Farmers WeeklyBuilding biology on your farm doesn’t need to cost the earth, although it does require a level of patience. There is more than one way to increase
Advice sought from those who do #NoMowMay - or know about #Rewilding gardens. Does the no mowing include before May - so that you leave it fallow until at least June? Or would the garden benefit from a trim in March/April if dry enough to mow? (If we do ever get a couple of dry days in a row here in the West of Ireland.) Conflicting advice in the past, especially from my pro-mowing partner. Aim to encourage wildflowers for pollinators.
Also tagging #compostodon as potential fonts of knowledge 
Can You Put Dead Animals In Compost?
https://thatbackyard.com/can-i-compost-dead-animals/
In short, yes, sensibly, but it’s not really worth it. (I’ve chucked the odd dead mouse and a drowned bird found in the water butt in mine - just made sure they were buried in the middle).
ThatBackyard · Can You Put Dead Animals In Compost? (Yes, here's how...)Mother nature has been composting deal animals for millions of years. Every time an animal has died, it has made it back to the soil through decomposition. Until humans go into the mix. Now, however,
Thanks to some help from Laura’s muscles we started spreading the mature #compost onto the beds today. It looks great. I hate having chronic fatigue but it does mean my compost matures really well.
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There used to be quite lively discussions under the posts by @compost and the hashtag #compostodon.
May your spoons last, especially in the months when you need them for planting and harvesting!
Updating my #introduction to celebrate changed balance of life things. I live and walk by the sea in Wollongong, and I’m a gardener. In 2025 I joined up with a small organisation focused on compassionate ways of working in healthcare. I’ve been on here since 2016 and I’m still here, listening and thinking.
I believe we have to work together differently to face the future we’re facing. Life is fragile.
#compostodon #TransRights #SafeWork #CoDesign and curious about most things
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Compost Culture: An Introductory Film
https://vimeo.com/1046340414
A nice video about Birmingham’s community #composting project which I was involved with before long-Covid took me off the board. This features the three-bay structures I designed and co-built last year and it’s quite emotional seeing them in use.
J'ai pas descendu le lombricomposteur au sous-sol pour passer les -2°C annoncés sur Asnières-sur-Seine.
J'espère que ça se passe bien la dedans.
Normalement il ne gelé pas sur le balcon. (L'eau dans le pulvérisateur pas très loin est d'ailleurs encore liquide)
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