Composter’s Log: Stardate 60492.2 - ‘Oh Winter, Where Art Thou?’
Well it seems like ages since my last update so I figure I better write something. I find it rather ironic that the ‘winter’ I’ve chosen to test out my winter composting skills is turning out to be not much of a winter at all (I wonder how many times I can say winter in a single post?).
In all fairness, we’ve actually been seeing some winter-like weather for the last couple days (there is in fact a little snow on the ground), BUT if you were to compare the weather this month to a typical January in Ontario you’d quickly see how warm it really is.
At any rate, the show must go on…
Not too surprisingly, the bin has continued to chug along without too much assistance from me. I’ve now used up the last of my fall leaves, and the Christmas season certainly provided me with a bountiful supply of food scraps.
Temperatures in the composting mass have been hovering in the 10-20C (50-68F) range for the most part, although the core zone seems to be consistently 20C and up. These are ideal conditions for worm composting and I have little doubt that my worm herd has been multiplying like crazy. It seems my springtail population has also exploded (even more so than my last report) - there must be many millions of these tiny white critters in there.
I actually decided to bring some worms (and associated compost and critters) inside and have added them to a couple small bins I’ve been ‘aging’ (ie. I added compostable materials and left them to sit). I’m certainly not worried about losing my outdoor population this year, but I figured it would be fun to do some indoor vermicomposting as well.
Anywho…that’s all for now. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the real winter is still on it’s way!
Previous posts in this series:
Composter’s Log: Stardate 60429.3 - Unusual Life Forms
Composter’s Log: Stardate 60393.6 - Winter Has Arrived
Composter’s Log: Stardate 60376.9 - RED ALERT!!
Composter’s Log - Stardate 60352.8
Winter Composting Extravaganza
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Note: The Winter Composting Extravaganza has moved to a new home. To catch all the latest winter composting action be sure to check out the Compost Guy Winter Composting Page.
Written by Bentley on January 10th, 2007 with
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