[Adoptacomposter] meeting
sk stanley
sarahkstanley at gmail.com
Sun Sep 23 08:40:39 CEST 2012
thanks for the report, I went yesterday too. Good news is the site
looks great, very clean and smelling good, quite peaceful and nice near
the garden. there was even a few people there admiring the compost bin
design and reading about it. so maybe it can be more info there about
vermacomposting or our website (which maybe be listed, but cards or
paper that people can take with them?)
Please check redwormcomposting.com as it states most insect life, such
as bees, mites et el are part of the ecology. The mushroom growth if
tis smelling mold means its too wet or there is bacteria.
yes, my worms look small and barely moving, so too cold I agree. one
person even has their compost out of the bag.
Yes, I agree about moving indoors, from my reads on verma the
temperature is best 20 C, it dropped to 6 last night, and the winter it
will freeze which will kill the worms if more insulation is not added.
Or maybe some kind of large fabric draped over the structure?
No one else seems to be writing posts, so perhaps they have glitches
that I had logging in - i had to get on skype with sl to fix it.
If its a matter of ideas or time, I have some tips and how to generate
images and text quickly, and also can do a short writing tutorial, as an
art writer and media specialist to help you generate texts/images that
add to your informational creative processing ... see my box sks.
yes i can make 12 next sunday. 30th
best wishes!
sks um
On 23/09/2012 00:33, valentina karga wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I went today a bit late, I guess around 13.00. Sorry,my meeting lasted
> too long.
> Unfortunately I think almost all my worms were dead:( ! Only a couple
> were still half alive.
> how are yours doing? everybody's still alive and active?
> I think its too cold for this small compost heaps and that we should
> move it indoors in Bethanien.
>
> I added shredded newspaper (a bit wet) and food, hopping to help them
> last moment but i don't think they ll make it.
> next weeks I am traveling and then I have a performance and a workshop
> end of October so I don;t think i can make it for the excursion even
> though sounds good idea.
>
> best,
> Valentina
>
>
> valentina karga
> www.valentinakarga.com <http://www.valentinakarga.com>
> www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com <http://www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Alexandra R. Toland wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> sorry I was a little late today and didn't meet anyone.
>> no flies, wasps, or other critters around the worm village today-
>> probably because of the cooler weather.
>> since the doodle didn't help much - how about meeting next Sunday @ 12?
>> maybe it would help motivate us more if we made some fun action out
>> of the meeting --
>> like a worm flash mob... we could take the worms on an excursion to
>> kotti to scavenge for food and bedding...
>> or maybe just take the boxes out on the Bethanien lawns to dress the
>> boxes for winter and do a photo shooting.
>> what do you all think?
>>
>> best Alex
>>
>> On 9/22/12 3:12 PM, andrea schneemeier wrote:
>>> hi all,
>>> I went there today, met Tim but no one else was there. we left
>>> around 12.25.
>>> hope we could organize a proper meeting some time soon, to see what
>>> the best way could be with the experiment - as I said, am completely
>>> new to komposting and worry about my worms. i really don't want them
>>> die because of my inexperience...
>>> have a nice weekend and hopefully see you all soon - any idea how
>>> could organize a meeting more effectively?
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>> --- On *Sat, 9/22/12, shu lea cheang /<shulea at earthlink.net>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: shu lea cheang <shulea at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>> To: "adopt-a-composter" <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 2:13 PM
>>>
>>> hi, this is fine. i think you all should STIR, tumble, mix your
>>> compost...
>>> everytime you put veggie in, stir them with earth/worms and see
>>> around the ground
>>> and pick some brown stuff (fallen leaves, wood chips) to cover it.
>>> everytime with a layer of such brown stuff is necessary
>>>
>>> have good meeting
>>> sl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good morning*
>>>> Ill try to be there too...By the way I was there yesterday and
>>>> noticed that my compost is covered by mushroom (or mold
>>>> -mould-mildew...?...schimmel)...I dont know if thats part of
>>>> the normal process but before it affects yr work too I thought
>>>> I should tell you because it could spread very fast...
>>>> If anyone knows or has suggestions how to proceed please letme
>>>> know...Maybe its a sign of failure and I should remove my
>>>> compost...
>>>>
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>> g
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *Da:* andrea schneemeier <kleinepanik at yahoo.com>
>>>> *A:* adopt-a-composter <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>>> *Inviato:* Sabato 22 Settembre 2012 10:50
>>>> *Oggetto:* Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I try to come as well - I am new to the whole thing of
>>>> composting (except helping sometimes at my mother's garden),
>>>> and happy to learn all secrets and tricks about it!
>>>> see you soon,
>>>> Andrea
>>>>
>>>> --- On*Sat, 9/22/12, Alexandra R.
>>>> Toland/<a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>/* wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Alexandra R. Toland <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>>> To: "adopt-a-composter"
>>>> <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>>> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 9:32 AM
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I haven't been @ the worm villas in a while, so I'll try to
>>>> come around 12 to add some more bedding and check on
>>>> ecosystem-health indicators (mites, flies, worm cocoons...)
>>>> hope to see some of you!
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On 9/22/12 8:05 AM, valentina karga wrote:
>>>>> Dear everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry I didn't speak all this time. I am very busy
>>>> this period. I am going today to take my worms out of
>>>> the bag and add bedding.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone was planning to come by, hopefully we will meet.
>>>>
>>>> Around 12.00..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Valentina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> valentina karga
>>>>
>>>> www.valentinakarga.com <http://www.valentinakarga.com/>
>>>>
>>>> www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com
>>>> <http://www.berlinfarmlab.tumblr.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:09 PM, shu lea cheang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> dear all
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes, good to see some discussion going and the
>>>> concerns about the condition.
>>>>
>>>> Very true, to set this composter as 'public art' ,
>>>> we are taking the risk of being vandalized.
>>>>
>>>> i am happy to see the process of self-organization
>>>> going. i rather not to impose any
>>>>
>>>> administration assistance at this moment and see
>>>> how the 12 adoptors (as a social
>>>>
>>>> connectors) can resolve this issues collectively.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes, please update on the website blog.., this
>>>> eventually shoud be presented at transmediale2013..
>>>>
>>>> so the most public record of 'Composting
>>>> food,thoughts,emotions and related mutations
>>>> including environmental accidents."
>>>>
>>>> http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/index.php?mod=bview
>>>>
>>>> (please let me know you have trouble updating it, i
>>>> am seeing some intersting posts)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gaia, your credits have been updated.
>>>>
>>>> sorry i am in transit in the United States,,, just
>>>> got to new york city
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> very soon
>>>>
>>>> sl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hallo alle!
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I kept myself in a non-interacting way
>>>> because I was travelling but followed the
>>>> conversations.
>>>>
>>>> Im on my way to the compost castle and what I
>>>> did before I left was building a carton box
>>>> placing a t-shirt on the bottom filled with
>>>>
>>>> the composting matters -- I left the box half
>>>> open at the top and sort of half covered it
>>>> with the almost empty bag of the soil we all got.
>>>>
>>>> Im now going to check what happened.
>>>>
>>>> About keeping updated the page on the site
>>>> well...I could only place an Avatar but no
>>>> pictures and no text..Still fighting to
>>>> understand how.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What I mostly love is to see how passionate the
>>>> discussion is and I personally see it totally
>>>> organic to the process of our composting
>>>> journey...Composting food,thoughts,emotions and
>>>> related mutations including environmental
>>>> accidents.
>>>>
>>>> Our daily feeding and related thoughts,
>>>> misunderstandings (including tongue-like
>>>> mistakes) but also achievements almost remind
>>>> me of the myth of Babilonia (a dream and a
>>>> nightmare at the same time).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I guess this reflections are exactely what I
>>>> should post on the web site...But while
>>>> fighting to make it happen Ill just communicate
>>>> directely to you dears companions.
>>>>
>>>> P.S
>>>> I dont know who is updating the website
>>>> relating to the credits page where our names as
>>>> adoptors are displayed
>>>> (http://www.compostingthecity.mobi/berlin/html/credits.html)...I
>>>> wrote to Shu Lea Cheang
>>>> <http://www.mauvaiscontact.info/> to ask to
>>>> link my name to my projectspace but I see
>>>> nothing changed.
>>>> So...If any of you is doing that please link my
>>>> name to www.liebig12.wordpress.com
>>>> <http://www.liebig12.wordpress.com/> (it is
>>>> actually my artist studio that works as a
>>>> projectspace too and if by the way anyone as
>>>> ideas or projects to present please visit me or
>>>> write me!***it is in FrankfurterTor***and open
>>>> to host almost any idea).
>>>>
>>>> I wish u a beautiful day.
>>>>
>>>> g
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *Da:* Alexandra R. Toland
>>>> <a.r.toland at mailbox.tu-berlin.de>
>>>> *A:* adopt-a-composter
>>>> <adoptacomposter at compostingthecity.mobi>
>>>> *Inviato:* Mercoledì 19 Settembre 2012 13:03
>>>> *Oggetto:* [Adoptacomposter] meeting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> just looked at the doodle and realized that
>>>> most people could meet on Tuesday (yesterday).
>>>> Did that happen?
>>>> I was sick yesterday, unfortunately, and am
>>>> still recovering. It would be great if someone
>>>> else took the lead on our plans to meet.
>>>>
>>>> Also, Gaby informed me yesterday that the worm
>>>> house and area around it is pretty trashed -
>>>> litter everywhere, smell of urine, and flies
>>>> and wasps swarming around the bins.
>>>> This is the reality of Kreuzberg - if there is
>>>> little activity and "social control" around a
>>>> project, it literally gets "composted" by the
>>>> circumstances of the city.
>>>>
>>>> I realize we're all super busy people, most of
>>>> us with very little experience vermicomposting,
>>>> but for this project to survive, I do think
>>>> that a regular meeting (say once a month?) or
>>>> at the very least one initial meeting where
>>>> everyone (including more silent members and
>>>> rudi, the worming expert) get together and
>>>> exchange practicle knowledge about care &
>>>> feeding, bedding insulation, and eventually design.
>>>>
>>>> suggestions much appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> best, Alex
>>>>
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>> Technische Universität Berlin / Institute for Ecology / Dept. of Soil
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