Last year I started putting my chicken coop bedding material in the pen area that the chickens are in also. Chickens love scratching in it and looking for bugs. I'm starting to get a decent layer of what looks like good compost. Seems to be working well.
If you don’t have animals, a worm farm works wonders. We have a wooden box with lid on a pallet for the floor. We put our kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings etc in it. It makes great compost for starting new plants or amending your garden.
Good stuff here…love doing this in our chicken run. Another great option is forest soil. I’ve been going into the woods with a milk crate for a sifter, and a trash can. Rake the leaves off, and just under is a layer of compost that’s been breaking down for decades..
In the past I've made my share of compost and vermicompost....and although I still make some, a LOT of grass clippings and shredded leaves go directly in the garden as mulch to break down there and feed the soil directly. To a degree, this eliminates the compost pile middle man. When you think about it, why toil with compost turning when you might put the inputs in the garden and let nature do the work??? 😊
I haven't personally had much success with composting. I'm a Single guy, and don't produce enough food scraps to accumulate much of a compost pile. Plus, I was rotating the pile a couple of weeks ago, and discovered that giant roaches had moved in, probably from the neighbor's filthy yard. So I'm also throwing-in the towel on composting.
Last year I started putting my chicken coop bedding material in the pen area that the chickens are in also. Chickens love scratching in it and looking for bugs. I'm starting to get a decent layer of what looks like good compost. Seems to be working well.
You got me thinking about this now !!!!!! 😊🙏👍❤
If you don’t have animals, a worm farm works wonders. We have a wooden box with lid on a pallet for the floor. We put our kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings etc in it. It makes great compost for starting new plants or amending your garden.
Good to see you're getting on well.
Good stuff here…love doing this in our chicken run. Another great option is forest soil. I’ve been going into the woods with a milk crate for a sifter, and a trash can. Rake the leaves off, and just under is a layer of compost that’s been breaking down for decades..
In the past I've made my share of compost and vermicompost....and although I still make some, a LOT of grass clippings and shredded leaves go directly in the garden as mulch to break down there and feed the soil directly. To a degree, this eliminates the compost pile middle man. When you think about it, why toil with compost turning when you might put the inputs in the garden and let nature do the work??? 😊
I have never gotten around to it, but I am thinking about making a compost pile with nothing more than sawdust and grass clippings.. Maybe one day...
I haven't personally had much success with composting. I'm a Single guy, and don't produce enough food scraps to accumulate much of a compost pile. Plus, I was rotating the pile a couple of weeks ago, and discovered that giant roaches had moved in, probably from the neighbor's filthy yard.
So I'm also throwing-in the towel on composting.
Pray 🙏 for our country ❤.
I just let the crazy birds have at it.