For the last 3 or 4 months, I've been trying my hand at composting in a bucket. I started with some left over worm castings with dead leaves in a little red bucket. I added some dead vegetation when I started pruning my container garden, dirt and paper products.
Well, things were going well, at first, but then it rained a lot for days on end, the bucket started getting a little stinky and attracting flies/gnats. So I added more dirt, mixed it a bit and added holes for drainage. I ended up having to let things dry out a bit but continued to add clippings from my garden as plants either died or I killed- like my perillas :-( So this is how it's looking now....
I moved the bucket to the sunniest side of my balcony and I decided to keep it uncovered as it gets pretty damn hot in the south. We'll see how things progress, but if it works, it will be a nice addition to composting with my worms. I can just dump whatever my worms won't or can't eat and I'll reduce even more waste!!! Speaking of worms, this morning I decided to make tea, specifically Worm Tea! A handful of castings wrapped in a cheesecloth baggy added to some warm water and voila!
Looks like I'm making sun tea! I guess it's pretty appropriate for summer in the south!
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