I've been composting for three years, have read about microbiological hazards of it, and this is the first time I've read about a microbe that has made me reassess my personal risk level. The part about otherwise healthy, non-immunocompromised individuals falling ill, with a 70% mortality rate, is worrisome. Will probably start masking up when working with it, and possibly stop altogether. Interested in this community's thoughts.

My 6 month old compost pile vs the chips from the trees I had cut down a day ago.

I just open one of my compost bins, the one farthest along, it looks like something's been digging holes in my compost. Who do we think it is?

I heard a guy on YouTube say if you gag your grass clippings and let them dry out, the grass turns a straw color and can then be considered as a source of carbon.
He said the green in the leaf was where the nitrogen was stored.

I have no trees around me for leaf litter, so this kind of a big deal for me. I was wondering if anybody else ever heard this advice?

... more compostable trash!

I think it does, right... right? Call me weird, but HEY! I've been composting for some time now and the party in my bin has been going on for quite a lot. They had a ton of food variety, coffees, moonshine and I even change their matrasses monthly (high quality triple layered cardboard that is). They even had occasional full plate leftover feasts.

Lately, whenever I turn a fork in that bin, you could literally hear the noise from their little feet running back inside. Thousands of isopods have thrived in this wooden box. To the naked eye, this simply looks like garbage, but TO THEM.. it's a 5 star all inclusive hotel.

Now I had my focus elsewhere (a pond maybe?)...and treated this like a natural process: Misses made stew, a big bowl of peeled leftovers, I took them to the bin .. poof.. gone. Didn't care. But when autumn hit hard with rainy days and cold winds.. the garden slowly went into hibernation mode. Not them tho' and here comes my story..

Thank you for the positive welcome in my last post here. I hope you guys enjoy the video of my story too.. but.. am I crazy for digging a mine in my compost bin? AM I CRAZY for throwing about 5 years of wet potties in it.. oh wait.. dang.. now.. now I have second thoughts... oh well, I guess now it's too late.

Just moved to my new place and I'm getting things set up. Almost made the error of getting straw laced with herbicide aminopyralid. The straw I'm Now using is good. Be careful out there. I decided not to treat the wood I used for my bin since I figure I'll rot before it does. Poking stick for scale.

I did a lot of shredding over the last couple of days and wanted to share. We went to IKEA for a couple of cabinets; my girlfriend is happy with those, and I was happy I had a lot to shred.

My shredder does not have multicut, so I have to prep the cardboard a bit more than most people. My shredder is a P-1 18-sheet shredder that cuts long strips from anything I feed into it. I wanted smaller bits that do not get tangled in my tumbler, so I cut the cardboard in a zig-zag motion before feeding it into the shredder. The shredder then cuts it into finer pieces.

It is a bit of work, but it is mind-soothing at the same time. In the end, I had two full Klämtare boxes (around 70 liters each) and my shredder is also partially full. I hope it is enough for the next couple of months, but it really depends on how many Halloween pumpkins I can get.

It will all be composted in my Joraform JK270.

Bonjour, quelqu'un a entendu parler du bocashi aérobie(genre "aérobocashi" dans google)? cette technique qui permet de composter en 3 semaines max au lieu de 3 mois?

Wondering how high a page shredder should I get to shred the boxes that produce comes in for restaurants? Am I ok to use a 14-16 page shredder or should I go higher?

I sought help a while back on here about composting chicken manure and I’m getting to use the second batch this fall. A third batch is currently aging