Composting

Turning the Pile: A Brushwood Composting Follow-Up

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The last brushwood compost write-up concluded with the initial phase of piling. This pile sat being periodically watered for about 28 days awaiting the time for turning. This write up consists of some observations during the turning process as well as some errors from the gathering of the brushwood. The size of the pile had … Continue reading Turning the Pile: A Brushwood Composting Follow-Up

Our First Brushwood Compost Experiment

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Recently, I read a short booklet; The Methods of Jean Pain or Another Kind of Garden a PDF of which can be downloaded here. The contents of the booklet, originally written in 1973, describe the brushwood compost and gardening methods of the Frenchman Jean Pain. The format of the booklet in PDF form was, at … Continue reading Our First Brushwood Compost Experiment