Compost
I've been working on both small and medium scale compost systems in Africa, USA, and Latin America since 2006. The background picture is the compost I manage in Santo Domingo since about November 2021. This is a bin of finished compost and is curing.
This is my youtube playlist of compost related videos. 7 videos from around 2021 to present day
-updated February 2024
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This is a trial begun May 2023 to determine to what extent I can add sargassum to the current compost system I have at my home in Santo Domingo. I will get more sargassum but I found composting sargassum alone (w/o mixing into my food waste wasn't breaking down). I have since been adding it to my current method including food waste and it breaks down in 4-6 weeks along with the food waste.
-updated July 2023
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This is a method I am using to manage food waste using earthworms. I am using nothing imported and only materials available locally in Dakar, Senegal. -Updated December 2018.
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This is the current method for compost that I use in Dakar, Senegal. None of our food or paper waste goes to the landfill (or wherever it goes..?) . - Updated January 2018.
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This was a method for composting I used while living in group housing in Washington DC from 2009 to 2012. Funniest thing someone said was, "you can't keep worms outside in DC, they'll freeze". To which I replied, "they live outside". In all fairness, they do need to be shielded from open freezing temperatures which can freeze and kill them.