Tag: Yes in My Backyard
The Compost Conversation – Biocharging your compost
There is lots of interest, quite a bit of hype and some pretty optimistic hope pinned on biochar and what it might be able...
The Compost Conversation – Straightening the hay from the straw
There is a bit of confusion out there between ‘straw’ and ‘hay’. You hear them used interchangeably but they are quite different products and...
Reflections of a composter
In this week's Compost Conversation, the team from YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) bid farewell to their very first YIMBY composter.
Melinda Jane...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
The big chop
It’s important to chop our compost ingredients fine enough so that they have the right consistency to break down perfectly in our...
The Compost Conversation – Nutrient cycling: everyone’s doing it!
For the past couple of weeks we have celebrated the impressive skills of the bacteria and fungi in our compost piles. We have looked...
The Compost Conversation – an homage to the bacteria
Over the next few weeks we thought it would be fun to take a deep dive into the microscopic world of our compost piles...
The Compost Conversation – with Mikaela Beckley
Moisture monitoring: Give your compost a squeeze
This week we’ll look at how to tell if your compost is wet enough, but first, let’s just...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Pre-soaking for happy summer compost
Now that the weather is getting warmer, our compost piles can start to suffer from drying out too much.
Letting...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Chop till you drop?
Imagine what it might be like being a helpful microbe in a compost pile, building the proteins of your body from...
The Compost Conversation – with Mikaela Beckley
Layer your compost like a lasagne!
Regardless of whether you are cold composting, hot composting, or somewhere in between, paying attention to your layering technique...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
A tree stole my compost!
Does your compost pile never seem to fill up, always seems dry and powdery and no matter how many kitchen...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Is your cool compost… cool?Most backyard compost piles are cool, which means they don’t achieve consistent temperatures over 55 degrees Celsius for three days...
