Preparing for quick compost!

I know it doesn't look good but it's like magic for tomatoes and peppers.

I used to make this mix of bandana peels, tea leaves (used), potato peels, some orange peels and baking soda.

I put it into my quick mixer with some water and mix it to a moosh. I then mix it with some old soil from last and put it in a 1tL paint bucket, i add a layer of old soil over it (same amount as the mixed quantity).
I keep doing this until the pot is full then leave it on the balcony to compost.

By end of February or early March it will be ready to be used.

I use 1 dL of this mix 1dL of old plant soil. Mix them well and use it as the maine soil for tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables that I grow in containers and sacks.

It's a great way of quick #composting and cutting the amount of #garbage I produce.

#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants

This is one of the best items I bought for my kitchen.

It cuts vegetables so quickly and easily, making it super easy to add leafy vegetables to any dish.

It is a bit hard to clean up and some vegetables get stock in between the blades but it's a standard tool when I cook and even when I prune leaves of tomatoes and other plants before adding them to the compost. Cutting them in small strips speeds up composting by a factor 2 or 3.

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Great episode that manages to include, somehow: Elon Musk, human composting and butterflies.

https://thewind.org/episodes/red-planet-blue-planet

#TheWind #podcast #butterflies #composting #ElonMusk #CoryMcabee

Red Planet, Blue Planet — The Wind

Cory Mcabee rides his bike from Maine to Florida, following the migration path of the Monarch Butterfly. De-motivational speaking, improvised science lectures, human composting and green burial, martian colonization, bicycles, a controversial...

“We have employed several weed management tactics this first year. Deep mulch #composting being one. Where that system isn’t in place, we use hoes and hand #weeding to mitigate weeds. Our long term weed management goal is to keep the #soil covered, planted, and nutrient balanced, hopefully decreasing weed pressure over time. To open new plots, we employ #silagetarps which remain in place for months at a time. We hope to incorporate more #covercropping and growing #mulch in place to mitigate future weeds.” -- Emma Arnold and Maddy Chitwood of Daydream Farm located in Everston, Washington⁠

⁠#gardening #farming #organicfarming #growownfood

Read more about their #growing journey and other inspiring stories on Part 2 of our 2023 Catalog Blog Series - The Future: Let's Plan(t) It at: https://bit.ly/3VtHO2x 🌱🌱

Start of my first serios attempt to worm composting!

Yesterday I spent almost all day going to the place where the lady who was selling this composter works.

Not having a car is a drag when living here is you want to visit any place that is not on the coast.

But can't complain, it was free with my annual buss card.

So i got the unit home, now i have to look for a place to buy redg wriggle worms.

There are a few places who sell them but they charge so much for shipping (understandable). I posted a note info the french red wriggle worms group on Facebook to see if there is anyone around here who can sell some 20-30 worms for me to start my new adventure.

This will take care of my organic garbage, produce some great compost and if I do it right, give me some worm caat fertilizer to use in my non hydroponic plants on the balcony.

#Gardening #Composting #RedWorms #WormComposting #OrgsnicGarden #France

Tuesday I'm going to pickup my worm composter.

Excited. Getting closer to become fully independent with my little balcony farming project!

I love buying things second hand!

#gardening #composting #worms #BalconyGarden #France