Compost 201
Composting 201 By CompostMan Stan This blog has second-level tips and tricks about each of the basic’s from the Learn to Compost blog. I’ll go through them one at a time. Moisture The greens, the food waste, manure, etc. are…
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Composting Basics
Start here if you’ve never composted before! Nature decomposes everything that was once alive, so all we need to do is copy nature, right? Well — sort of. True “composting” doesn’t happen in nature. But knowing the biology of decomposition…
12,000 Kansas students learn composting and food waste reduction with innovative science unit
– For immediate release – Kansas City, Missouri – August 14th, 2024 – Missouri Organic Recycling, (MOR) a Kansas City-based compost and mulch company developed the innovative Food Too Good to Waste Science Unit in 2020. The unit is digitally…
Why compost?
You might be surprised to learn that 72% of Americans don’t compost at home. What’s driving the 28%? Why should you start composting? Let’s explore why composting is not just a good idea but an essential practice for a healthier…
Tha Alchemy of Compost How 2+2=9, if YOU let it
This is the full text of the speech I gave in England on April 15th at the request of HRH Prince Charles. The Alchemy of Compost: How 2+2=9 if You let it A speech given by Stan Slaughter M.A. Biology…
Feed the Soil First
Feed the Soil First Sir Albert Howard, the father of the modern organic movement, spoke about a threshold of life in the soil. Nature, he said, was generous with her bounty, if she had something to give. When the soil…
Wood Stove Love
Woodstove Love Winter is wood stove season at our house. Almost forty years ago a GrandMa Bear Fisher wood stove took over heating my house. It was a heavy welded-steel unit lined with fire brick. When fully stoked up…
Food Waste Composting
March 29, 2011 Food Waste Composting Food waste composting is a big deal. At the US Compost Council convention it was “what’s next” for many agencies. Food is only 8% of household trash but 14% of municipal trash. I compost…
We’re All Connected to…. what?!?
Exploring the science behind the interconnections of life by Linda Chubbuck Lionel Logue: What was your earliest memory? King George VI: I’m not…here to discuss…personal matters. Lionel Logue: Why are you here then? King George VI: Because I bloody well…
Stan’s Compost Blog
Welcome to my Compost Blog! I plan to offer a wide range of discussions here. I hope you find what you need but if not just ask and I’ll respond or point you in the right direction. November…