Well we added another compost bay today. And spread compost for the Maize, then covered it with straw. 2 25m beds of Maize used a significant amount of compost for sure!
The 4 bay system will work as follows – 2 larger outer bins mainly for starting compost (see right bin), before it reduces in volume. It will then be turned into one of the inner bins, and back to an outer bin again etc. The far left compost was turned out from the middle left bin today.
I’m trying to get coffee waste from a local coffee shop, but we are doing ok with poultry shed waste, food waste and a bit of garden waste. There will be more garden waste in the future.
The compost area is now about 7.5m wide by 2.5m deep. And the compost gets hot!
by Lonely-Huckleberry36
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Looks great! The corn is a heavy nitrogen feeder, so the coffee grounds would be a nice addition…but the chicken manure is also great source of nitrogen.