[Adoptacomposter] meeting

[Susanne Reiher]

Went there today to check on my compost. Worms are happy. Everything  
is cool. Although I left it in the plastic bag, it was a tiny bit too  
dry.
As Rudi recommended, I added regular soil to my compost to give it  
some substance.
It is not too cold for the worms yet. They just don't like frost.  
That will kill them. That's why open air composts are usually  much  
bigger than ours. The frost gests into the soil/ ground about 80 cm  
deep.
I just saw a show on TV, where they recommended to cladd composting  
bins in winter with styrofoam (since they are never 80 cm in  
diameter). Maybe that might be an option for our miniature composts...

One other thing: the compost crate next to mine is missing (3rd on  
the left from bottom) ???

best,

Susi


On Sep 23, 2012, at 12:33 AM, 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
> 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
>>>> 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 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 (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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