[Adoptacomposter] upload images and texts - more tips
Alexandra R. Toland
a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de
Mon Sep 10 10:28:13 CEST 2012
Hi there,
I think the question of food preparation is a question of maintenance.
For those that are OK with a slow turnover (and not too much
maintenance) it's OK to throw in whole foods and just wait a few months.
For those that are regularly maintaining (and harvesting), pulverizing
food with a hand mixer works well.
Worms can process prepared food under good living conditions super fast
- like in a weeks time!
Also, I've had the opposite experience with moisture. Too much moisture
= lots of mold and other critters (especially mites and maggots!)
So, moisture is important but so is lots of air.
I DO NOT advise leaving the compost open to rain. The food usually has
enough moisture to be enough without extra moisturizing and the Berlin
autumn/winter has a lot of moisture just from the air. I actually put a
little roof over my bin at home to keep the rain out, and regularly turn
the mixture and add dry leaves and paper shreds to try to keep it airy.
hey - when do we all want to get together anyway?
best, Alex
On 9/10/12 9:50 AM, Susanne Reiher wrote:
> andrea,
>
> it goes faster, if the things are cut into smaller pieces. anyhow i
> didn't do any cutting and so far my worms are happy.
> most important: the compost needs to be perfectrly moist, not too wet
> and not too hot ( not past 20 degees celsius). so the more substance
> there is the better. rudi, our comost adviser, recommended to add some
> soil in there, so the worms have a bit more substance.
>
> for the ones, who have opened up their bags: shu lea had asked me to
> take the lid/ roof off, so rain can get in. unfortunately the roof is
> screwed onto the rack. until this is solved you need to do your own
> moisturising.
>
> susi
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* andrea schneemeier <mailto:kleinepanik at yahoo.com>
> *To:* adopt-a-composter
> <mailto:adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 09, 2012 1:37 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Adoptacomposter] upload images and texts - more tips
>
> Hi All,
> i have been off for a while and was wondering if I missed our
> meetings?
>
> Iam actually not sure if I make my part in the right way - do I
> need to pre-kompost (like cutting things into smaller pieces,
> smash eggshells and the like)?
> could someone give me a hint on this aspects? so far i just poured
> the things into the bag but not 100% sure if that is ok this way?
>
> hopefully soon am up with the images as well.
>
> have a nice weekend!
> Andrea
>
> --- On *Fri, 9/7/12, shu lea cheang /<shulea at earthlink.net>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Adoptacomposter] upload images and texts - more tips
> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
> Date: Friday, September 7, 2012, 1:55 PM
>
> dear all
>
> finally a confirmation with gaby and we now have listed 12.
>
> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/berlin/images/12composter-names.jpg
>
> I have asked Suzi to mark all names correctly on the name tag
> (adopt
> a composter postcard)
> with white marker.
>
> You can also see all position of your composter on actual and
> virtual
> should be in sync.
> (we are missing two avatars from ayumi and claudia)
> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/index.php?mod=bview
>
> Ok, more tips
> yesyes, please keep your diary.documents on the blog
> please use log on to upload texts and images.
>
> Couple more tips.
> (1) please try to work with 600(w)x300(h) ratio of your pix.
> as it is the same size of the actual composter... so it wont
> get distorted.
> crop the picture if necessary.
> the site can resize, but cannot adjust ratio.
>
> (2) note that each of your upload has a [x] mark followed
> click on ]x], you can delete an upload
> (sometimes you may want to)
>
> (3) for avatar, you can always keep changing by uploading a
> new one.
>
>
> Now that we have 12 .. let's get the dialogue going also.
> i will check if ayumi is back in town.
>
>
> also please agree and remember, our website(blog) and mailing list
> are all on public view... (also via resource publicity)...
> this is encouraging
> for us , composting as ' public performance'
>
> very soon
> sl
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