Monday, September 26, 2011

Create a free box of compost in 3 easy steps - Conversion of homemade compost in Black Gold

!±8± Create a free box of compost in 3 easy steps - Conversion of homemade compost in Black Gold

Composting is the new watchword garden and gardeners to take the concept of growing food in their hands and are looking for every advantage. Composting is an important ingredient for the successful growth of your plants and reduce the amount of organic material in landfills.

This article provides the reader with information to create a simple box of compost free of charge in three easy steps. Compost boxes are containers of wood or plasticVegetation in order to build a ground-based decomposition, which is rich in nutrients for your plantings. Organic decomposition is a natural process that occurs over millions of years and when the plant material, such as leaves, grass and other plants to decompose, and decomposition begins, creates wealth "black gold" for your new plants.

Step 1: Wood Free - The box of compost can be done with a simple design, recycled wood. In this case, I camevarious hardwood pallets, discarded by a local production plant. These special palettes were 3X3 and were easy to grab and take home. Of course there are larger pallets available, but suits my needs.

Step 2: Position - Most gardeners find their compost pit in a remote place in the courtyard. In my case I chose a place close to my garden bucket. So I could use the material quickly and not drag in the yard when I was done. In addition,was hidden behind my house for aesthetic purposes. If the decision with a box of compost visually appealing, this can not be a problem.

Step 3: Assembly - Now where was I selected the materials and location, it was time for the box. I had lined up two pallets at the end and put them together to form L. With 3-inch screws, I started collecting at the sides. I went to every pallet in a box formation, until it fully assembled. Mounting in a position whereis still important, because it is a heavy wooden box, which is easily moved when it is finished.

After all sides were connected and the window of compost was introduced, I could start my own plant material at the top very easily. Once the material breaks down into rich compost, remove one of the fronts' s "black gold" at the bottom of the access.

In summary, so that simple Compost Box is very easy to do, and did I mention it was free? You can also use other materialscompost boxes, pallets, but are particularly suited for this purpose, because they are all the same shape and size. No cutting involved, and because they are made of hardwood, which will last several seasons.


Create a free box of compost in 3 easy steps - Conversion of homemade compost in Black Gold

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Beehive Composter

!±8± Beehive Composter

Admittedly, the area of ​​compost is usually not the best part of the garden. In fact, hides a black plastic cone (and garbage cans!) If, after much of the design of the garden is primarily in a small garden. A beautiful traditional English hive could only hide his answer.

The iconic beehive design was created by William Broughton Carr in the late 19 th century design and is known as a hive WBC. It was a way with old fruit boxes that were madethin wood. Bees like to be warm and a single layer of thin wood is not sufficient protection during the winter alone. WBC created an outer layer of overlapping wooden crates stacked on each other and the other with a sloping roof of the rain away. Between the two layers was filled a gap where the insulation so that the bees could be comfortable throughout the winter. The design of this outer shell also has to pass a bio-bin, if the wood is used more often in those days.

The stackingWBC hive boxes of design can be accommodated for a good cause for composting, especially if used over a beehive. When the hive is full first, the second has started and the time is filled with content of that first started to fall. Now the top box can be removed and grounded to third to start the stack. And so on, with a small field from each of the compost on the lower level. (The lower hook that you really need coverage of the third).

Beehive composter comein different sizes from 250L to 495L, but on the small side for the needs of compost. It would be a very small garden, able to manage with a single 250L organic waste and even the larger sizes are not large enough for the compost to get "hot". (For more information about hot products such as compost see link below).

One thing to be careful when you buy a compost timber in the wood is rotting! Most of the beehive composter on the market "pressure treated." What's hidden behind this seemingly innocuousSentence is that the pressure is used to treat the wood with an insecticide. Until recently, treatment, toxic heavy metals arsenic, chromium and copper. The recognition by the liquor authority that arsenic and chromium in their immediate vicinity will have brought their limited use. Copper is still part of the treatment. Good composting is to promote a thriving population of micro-organisms and placing them next to insecticides is not a good idea not to forget thepotential contamination such as heavy metals accumulate over time.

There are natural ways to preserve the wood, and even the heartwood of some trees such as eucalyptus and red cedar contains natural preservatives. Unfortunately, there is a beehive composter made at the time in these forests. Linseed oil or green colors can be used on bare wood as a protective layer, although sooner or later with the addition of wood for the primary decomposers is a recipe for disaster. It 'a little' how to put aJar of honey bees and next to them are expected to ignore it! The heat treatment and acetylation of wood to make the environment unattractive, the microbes, and these methods can be the life of the wood without damaging the final product range, to extend compost brown.

The trade-off with a beehive composter is if you think that their aesthetic pleasure is worth its price. According to the composting system, not the more expensive (unless two of them)!

For details of a beehiveComposting is not available from pressure-treated wood and on the Internet at the link below.

We have a long tradition of painting hives so there is really no limit to how beautiful you make your compost area - adorn you!


Beehive Composter

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