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Compost turning today at the garden
The rule is simple: good compost needs air. Without it, things go sludgy and sour.
So today, we built vents the low-tech way. We were putting a century-old idea into practice: the Indore method. Developed by Sir Albert Howard in India in the 1920s, its genius is in managing air and moisture to help microbes thrive.
As we forked the pile, we pushed in tall stakes wrapped with chicken wire. When we finished, we pulled the stakes out, leaving perfect chimneys of wire behind to let the heat and gases rise, and oxygen to enter.
This is the difference between a rotting heap and a hot, fast transformation.
You can engineer the conditions for it to become the best soil amendment there is. All while managing waste.
Has anyone else tried this? Or do you have a different trick for aerating your compost? Share your methods below!
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Compost turning today at the garden
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