We Are Alive! September 4th, 2022 Compost Bin Progress

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It's been slow going, since our family got sick these last few weeks it really pushed this project way back. Determined to finish this and get it composting before it becomes fall, I made some good progress today.

It's a little tricky getting this done while watching little ones, but that's life as a daddy. It may take longer, but it still gets done!

There will be three bins, starting on the left will be the fresh compost, then transfer to the second bin to break down further, before being transferred to the final compost bin which should almost be dirt.

I expect to finish this project with just one more session!

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Benjamin Turner: God fearer. Rooted in Messiah. Husband of @lturner. Father of six wonderful children. The guy behind the camera. Blockchain enthusiast.

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Excellent work, children sometimes annoy us, but what a joy to have them, they are the best thing in our existence.
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Yes, they are always precious. It's fun watching them go from a liability to an asset! !ALIVE

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I don't know where you live. Most people buy European earthworms for their compost heaps.

It is reasonable to assume that European earthworms would be culturally superior to native composters because Europeans are superior to natives.

I live in the Western US where European earthworms are an invasive species. So, what I did was to go into a local wilderness area. I found a place with rich loamy soil and filled a small jar with the soil. I used that to start my compost heap. I now get rich loamy compost instead of the claylike compost from earthworms.

You might also contact a local university to find out about native composters.

If you happen to live in Europe ... then by all means use the friggin' local earthworms. Imported composters have a habit of become invasive.

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This is good information! We're in Michigan and our garden is loaded with earthworms. I'm not sure specifically what kind of earthworms, but they've really helped our garden soil. We put cardboard down every year and the worms LOVE hanging out under them. We also put all of our leaves on the garden, they break down into excellent compost. These bins will be for food scraps, etc.

It is reasonable to assume that European earthworms would be culturally superior to native composters because Europeans are superior to natives.

Maybe we'll find some good European earthworms for our compost, I heard their castings don't stink. Native earthworms around here wear red hats and might cause an insurrection in the garden, unless you feed them the right sort of herbs, then they're pretty chill. The blue-haired earthworms are the worse though, they tend to occupy the left side of our garden and are always shouting at us for being too white.

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Here is a blog post from Michigan State University about earthworms

The last ice age wiped out the earthworms in North America. Other composters replaced the earthworms.

European settlers introduced the earthworm and it has caused horrible problems for the Michigan forests.

I live in Utah, the native composters produce a rich loam.

BTW, Utah has had some problems with invasive worms. A few years back Kevin Bacon was in a documentary about invasive worms down in Perfection Valley.

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I learned something new about earthworms today! My favorite line from the UofM paper:

They get from place to place very slowly. People, however, can transport them much more quickly on muddy tires,

The visual of worm-infested muddy tires makes me !LOLZ. Yes, I suppose it could happen, but... it's just a funny visual for me. Mud caked onto the tires of some SUV with little worms whipping around and around and around. WEEEEEE! C'mon guys, let's invade some Michigan forests!

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It turns out that horses are a primary spreader of invasive weeds.

Some national forest districts do not allow hay fed horses into the forest. The horses must have a diet of native grasses and the like.

As for tires. It turns out that mosquitoes love old used tires. When it rains used tires end up holding nice little puddles of water that are ideal for mosquito breeding.

A few decades back, tire dealers would sell the tires and send them around the country for processing. This would spread the mosquitoes and any disease carried by the mosquitoes.

To contain the West Nile virus, governments restricted the sale of used tires. HEre is a page from Illinois. There are pages like this for every state.

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How you keep up with consistent daily smiley 😊 and something new?

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I choose to live a smiley life and there's always something new happening.

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Great to see you active on the project. !ALIVE

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