{"id":114,"date":"2024-06-25T06:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T06:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saplingroadallotmentsociety.co.uk\/?p=114"},"modified":"2024-06-25T06:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T06:21:34","slug":"making-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saplingroadallotmentsociety.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/making-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Compost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve started making compost on the Society Plot (Plot 1). We use the Berkely hot compost method, mixing 50\/50 greens and browns in a pile which is wetted, covered with a tarpaulin and knocked down with a rotovator every week. The pile is mixed and reconstructed every week until we achieve the desired product which will approximate to premium shop bought compost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First we mix our greens and browns (Greens: grass clippings, manure for example. Browns: straw, wood chips for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then wet the pile and cover with a tarpaulin…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a week, the compost is mixed using a Mantis Tiller (steam will be observed and the centre of the compost pile will be very hot)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The compost pile is mixed and knocked down by the Tiller and is then reconstructed…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After five or six weeks, the compost is ready to be used as a mulch or to fill raise beds ready for planting…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…but, we’ll continue to mix and reconstruct our piles for a few months until they are fully broken down and can be sold as premium all purpose compost, simply repeating the process until the desired product is achieved…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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