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Composting: Easy as Dirt!

Composting: Easy as Dirt!. Are you making the most of your trash? 23% is compostable. What is composting?. Managed decomposition Produces a useable product. Buffet bar for nature’s composters. Decomposers Carbon Nitrogen Moisture Air. Feedstock. Brown (Carbon) + Green (Nitrogen).

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Composting: Easy as Dirt!

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  1. Composting: Easy as Dirt!

  2. Are you making the most of your trash? 23% is compostable.

  3. What is composting? • Managed decomposition • Produces a useable product

  4. Buffet bar for nature’s composters • Decomposers • Carbon • Nitrogen • Moisture • Air

  5. Feedstock • Brown (Carbon) + Green (Nitrogen)

  6. Basic Techniques • Build the pile • Add food • Add activators • Cover food • Turn the Pile • Poke • Monitor the pile • Check moisture • Check temperature

  7. Basic Composting Forms • Piles • Batches

  8. Open Piles, Sheet or Site Composting

  9. Contained Pile Earth Machinefrom Metro Nashville

  10. Batch Composters

  11. Where can I put a compost bin?

  12. Are we done yet? • Is the temperature fluctuating? • What does it look like? • How does it smell?

  13. What do you get? • Mulch is mulch. • Potting soil is potting soil. • Mix with water for quick compost tea.

  14. Special Community Projects • Schools • Community Gardens • Therapy

  15. Lockeland Elementary SchoolK-4th Grade Composting Program

  16. Lockeland Elementary SchoolK-4th Grade Composting Program

  17. Eakin Elementary School – Compost Collection Bin

  18. Cafeteria Food Waste in an Earth Machine Bin

  19. Not Just Fun in the Sun

  20. Worm Compost Bins

  21. Community Outreach, Education, & Therapy • East Nashville Ministries Community Gardens • Park Center • Master Composter Class

  22. Metro Public Works • www.nashville.gov/beautification • Click on “Backyard Composting” • How to publications • Compost supplies available at cost • Earth Machine $45 • Green Cone $100 • Thermometer $10 • Kitchen Collection Bucket $10

  23. Jeffrey Ezell Metro Beautification & Environment Commission Jeffrey.ezell@nashville.gov 880-2419

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