Compost

This week on the farm we had a focus on how to create compost. Luckily my groups maintenance job was compost so if you can't remember we learned in class I can give you a refresher. To start off a compost pile you must start with a layer of sticks 1-4 inches, this step is very important because this is the only time we will do this step. This layer of sticks allows air pockets to be created to allow room for organisms to move. The next step is to add 4 inches of browns making sure to separate out any invasive species because we don't want those getting into our compost. Next you will want to go get the food scraps from the green bucket at the cea to add greens to your pile. You'll probably need to dump all of what's in the green bucket to get the right amount because we don't normally get that many greens.After all the greens are added you have to inoculate the pile with a handful of already made compost to introduce new organisms. Once inoculated just water and repeat with browns.