Thermophillic/Mesophillic Compost Photo Album

Photos showing the steps to make a thermophillic compost pile (1m X 1m). If it isn't turned over (and watered as necessary) every three days for five days it will become a mesophillic compost pile. The ingredients for our thermophillic compost pile include straw and arrowroot (biomass and carbon), cowpea (green manure and a perfect carbon to nitrogen ratio for compost making), azolla and horse manure (inoculants and nitrogen), tansy and yarrow (compost activators) and water (added to every layer and for making a slurry of whatever animal manure is available in compost making process).

CompostPhoto1.jpg — by gita platthy — last modified 2008-05-10 21:46

 

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CompostPhoto9.jpg — by gita platthy — last modified 2008-05-10 22:00

 

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CompostPhoto14.jpg — by gita platthy — last modified 2008-05-11 21:11