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How to Make Compost at Home?
IS MY COMPOST READYNOW WHAT?
It has been the required number of days (roughly
6 weeks) since I left the initial side of the
tumbler to do its job. Yay!!! I am so excited and
I have been eager to feed my garden with all my
cooking. My vegetable peels, banana skin and egg
shells are no longer visible. Mother Nature is
miraculous. I am floored by this phenomenon but
grounded by the solid habits we have formed over
the last few months.
I researched that an easy way to find out if your
compost is ready is by performing the sniff test.
I must admit I do have a good nose on mehave
always been able to spot where exactly our puppy
has been in our garden, if a recipe needs more
seasoning and what perfume you have chosen to
wear. So whilst a seemingly informal process I am
confident I will know by the smell of the compost
heap if it is ready.
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Basically what is required from the sniff test is
to pop some of your compost into a snap lock bag
and seal it. Wait a week and then take a whiff.
It should have a pleasant, earthy, soil-like
smell. If it smells foul or rotten or a bit like
ammonia the compost is not completely finished
and will need to be returned to the tumbler to
continue harvesting for another week or two.
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I put some of the compost into a bag and waited 7
days (Ok I cheated and took a whiff at 5
dayspatience has never been my thing!!) And to
my surprise it smelt great. And what I mean by
great is that I half expected to be repelled by
the smell but it actually barely had a scent at
all. It was rather soil-like and even quite
fresh. YAY!!! So excited!!!!!!!! That was a clear
enough signal to me that it was ready.
So the day I have been waiting for. I geared up
with some old jeans, boots and gardening gloves
and found an old 30 litre flexi tub. I placed it
directly underneath the tumbler (on the harvested
side) and rolled the tumbler until the door faced
the flexi tub. As I slid open the side of the
door that was ready, some of it instantly fell
out in a clump. The rest was probably a bit moist
and needed some help. I rocked it a bit and then
used a little trowel to shovel it out. This
filled roughly two of these tubs.
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I took my bucket and dug this rich nutrient dense
compost into our raised herb garden bed. Two
buckets was more than enough and I had extra that
I dispersed amongst the rest of our garden. I
cannot believe how good it feelson so many
levels. Click here to read my research as to Why
We Should All Be Composting At Home.
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Would love to hear how you are traveling with
your composting at home, any questions or
thoughts about it please feel free to write to me.
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