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Great insight, thanks for sharing! I run a little worm farm compost next to the roller bin but it would quickly become overcome with the volume of kitchen waste produced. Plus coffee grounds, onion ends and a few other things aren't ideal for worms I hear? Any thermophilic or vermicompost solutions work at scale?
Vermicompost is typically much better and more diverse than most home compost piles. I have a Canadian wheat farmer friend that produces thousands of gallons of CT for his fields. Using thermophilic AND vermicompost produces the most complex teas. Formulas I developed actually outcompeted fusarium wilt and other garden pathogens.
 
Can anyone recommend a good, basic composter for kitchen scraps?
Vermicomposter. My favored home compost producer. Usually better quality. To many home composters are really just putrified piles, smelly and actually more harmful to the soil biology.

one firm and fast rule. If it smells bad, it is!
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BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. That’s the one thing the evil looking Greta got right. She’s wrong about everything else but she nailed that. All this armchair activism, composting, and ruminating won’t do squat to correct the ailing environment if it’s as bad as these PBS Nova scientists and their rabid followers are saying. And if it were you’d think we’d see pictures of a million of y’all in the streets making change happen. It’s for the largest part a political agenda and a scam. That’s why God is burning down California in the summers perhaps. Because He’s on the Right side. Funny how the people in other states on the other side of the argument aren’t whining about the weather too. I don’t see climate activist in Mississippi where I come from. Maybe that’s because the bayou is still about 3 feet below the bridge, as it always has been. Hurricanes no worse or less they have been. And perhaps climate change is selective to a certain locale like California, which happens to be the most populous state in the country, where they complain about human consumption. Maybe if you cram another million cars into your parched earth it’ll surely get hotter. Pump another trillion gallons of water across the mountains and desert. Pump another billion gallons of oil from beneath Los Angeles. Whatever you do, you should hedge for your grandchildren‘s future, and buy oil stocks. The Facebook farce is over. 😉
The spoiled lying child of spoiled lying antifa parents isn't lying! Remember, she can see carbon dioxide and you cannot.

If only she'd be just like Greta Garbo
 
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o admioCorn fed beef also selects for e-coli. Corn not a good food choice for ruminants. Corn acidified the stomachs nearer to humans and now e-coli can survive, increase, and pass on to humans. Some cultures can have an entire wedding meal with scores of relatives on a single chicken. We’d need 1each.

Containment chicken farms are nuts?!?!
I have to admit if beef were higher priced perhaps it would curtail overconsumption a bit, I o not think any"diet" is the answer if it promotes overconsumption, I remember not so long ago the trend of "pigging out" at the FF joints. This tasty garbage will put the fat on you about as quick as anything OTOH, if you went through the drive-through and ordered the small burger, small fries, skipped the "acid solution" drinks little harm would be done to you.
Its always about the over consumption,I remember back in the day when I was" recreationally using tobacco( one hit a day) you could taste something like ammonia in the product( it would give you a head rush extraordinaire,I found out later ammonia( in whatever form") would cause the nicotine to be absorbed faster I guess to increase the addictive properties
Now while the series"Breaking Bad", was vaudeville it addressed some of the mindset and techniques used by drug dealers and producers, get something for People to use to break the monotony( due to easy and sheltered lives) make it very addictive and get the Government involved, presto you have a very lucrative get rich scheme( albeit risky legal wise) Anybody who thinks grass-fed and free-range meat production is a farce should visit factory farms or a feedlot. While not a vegan or even vegetarian for that matter I try to limit consumption of meat and animal products. number one biggest problem in the western world is overconsumption, you want to see something pitiful, watch an episode or two of "My 600# life."
 
There will be a remote kill switch on your vehicle for when it or other people decide it needs to be locked down. Public health is important, so this could be the sweetest lockdown music to your ears.
Its already here its called "Onstar", most cops seem to prefer the chase apparently judging from the videoes of high speed Police chases.
 
What would be a culture shock would be for a person from California to move to a red state for a couple years and actually get involved with the small communities and immerse themselves in the culture... Maybe Some farming community and see how conservatives live and why things like freedom and disconnection from govt are as important as family... Learn to handle a firearm for protection/ sport. Seems a good way to break the liberal cycle is to team firearm safety ... They are so bent against it and when they actually learn that Guns can sit on a counter and will never hurt anyone ... Until the person behind it either handles it unsafely of uses it to hurt someone on purpose.. Guns dont kill (on there own).. Its the intensions of the person behind it (Crime).. I understand accidence ..

I have Weapons and my kids have all been taught gun safety since they were around 5 years old... Even today I hand them my gun and make then clear it and check to make sure its safe to handle. They do it right . Son is 20 now and my daughter is 25. Both have weapons in there rooms and CCW Carry.

Once you get away from most of the liberal views you will understand a lot more other things in life... The cycle will continue.. With or without you. Life is short and doubt you will make an impact either way. With something like 7 or 8 billion people on the planet and most of them pollute by just being alive (per your explanations)... Your compost piles and your compost toilets wont help as long as you drive your gas cars and ride your battery powdered bikes and use solar on your houses... All still pollute one way or the other.. I know I know.. buy a tesla so you can plug into the Electric grid (coal or natural gas) and charge your environmentally friendly vehicle... Until the batteries need replaced.. The amount of pollution to build and sustain in electric vehicles is costly to the environment at this point...

The power grids in California cant sustain basic summers but you want to add charging electric vehicles? Oh but wait we will use solar... At like 20% effecient
(Today, most solar panels provide an energy efficiency rating between 11 and 15 percent, which is the percentage of solar energy that is being converted into useable electricity. ... Because of their higher efficiency, these panels may be slightly more expensive, but they will still meet the energy requirements you need.).

Recycling solar panels isnt productive to the environment everyone is trying to protect... Wind solar kills animals and so on... One extreme to the other.


Just saying there are other aspect of life out there and even though you might not agree... take the time and learn why, instead of being closed minded and pushing other views away and discounting them.

I always tell my friends at work.. "It doesnt make it wrong or right, it makes it what it is."

I know we all have articles that prove otherwise.. What is wrong with enjoying life and teaching your kids respect? Teaching them right from wrong?
Seems the Blue states are having a real issue with Crime? Why is that? Spare the rod, spoil the child. It works but liberal views are not the only views.. Seems that kids that are raised conservatives have generally more respect for life and limb. Sad fact.

Prove me wrong on the conservative teaching vs liberal. BLM Vs Trucker protests . Dont give me the CNN version.
 
When so many plug in after their work shift, that is when to calculate how much capacity they need. Maybe they should disable your car from being charged whenever they need to or when you've done something to lose social credit like working at the wrong kind of place.

The power grids in California cant sustain basic summers but you want to add charging electric vehicles? Oh but wait we will use solar...
 
They can always use the Solar panels at night to charge there cars :eek:


The people were complaining when they had the rolling power outages... Before it happened they said.. No Worries I Have Solar... then they figured out that solar doesn't work so good at night without a full moon..
 
Vermicompost is typically much better and more diverse than most home compost piles. I have a Canadian wheat farmer friend that produces thousands of gallons of CT for his fields. Using thermophilic AND vermicompost produces the most complex teas. Formulas I developed actually outcompeted fusarium wilt and other garden pathogens.
Thanks @tomjasz! You've inspired me to take better care of my compost. I confess I go a bit heavy on the kitchen scraps (too much wet, not enough dry) so often my compost does smell off. Relatives use the same system but are far more diligent with their ratio. They add sugar cane straw regularly. Their heap smells, frankly, quite fantastic: that beautiful, rich, earthy smell of healthy soil.

Slightly unrelated topic, I heard a Radiolab story the other day about the extraordinary soil ecosystems housed in old growth forest canopies. It reminded me once again there is so much we're yet to understand about this incredible planet of ours. The story linked this video too.

 
Thanks, guys! Bookmarked some of these. I think we may start small, with a non-worm-based composting system-- just a little rotating thing in the front yard. Once we've had some success with that, maybe we can try the worm thing. I'm thinking the only approach is to fill the composter once a day, or even after every meal-- the fruit fly issue always was a problem whenever we had temporary counter-top storage. There is probably no way around that... for the counter top, probably any sealed plastic thing will work.

If you could humor me a bit more, is there any good list of "dos" and "don'ts" for composting, so I don't wind up with a foul-smelling, toxic mess?
Thanks @tomjasz! You've inspired me to take better care of my compost. I confess I go a bit heavy on the kitchen scraps (too much wet, not enough dry) so often my compost does smell off. Relatives use the same system but are far more diligent with their ratio. They add sugar cane straw regularly. Their heap smells, frankly, quite fantastic: that beautiful, rich, earthy smell of healthy soil.

Slightly unrelated topic, I heard a Radiolab story the other day about the extraordinary soil ecosystems housed in old growth forest canopies. It reminded me once again there is so much we're yet to understand about this incredible planet of ours. The story linked this video too.


Enjoying this. Slight tangent to your tangent, but related: Was looking at info on wildfires recently, and I hadn't realized that mountain bikers played a critical role in stopping arson last year. From NYT:

"On July 20, a person riding a mountain bike called 911 to report seeing smoke on the western slope of Mount Shasta, according to the complaint. Firefighters put it out before it could spread to more than 200 square feet, the complaint said."

In fact, that report led to the arrest of a suspect in the Cascade Fire, the Moon Fire, and many others, so the biker who called that in (it may have been a group) actually stopped more than that one blaze.
 
Today I had Moroccan style local lamb meatballs. Sheep are used here to remove highly flammable brush. They do a better job than humans with gas powered tools. You do not need or want many grown males bashing their heads and making trouble. So most of the young one's get culled at one year, thus turning hazardous thorn bushes, poison oak, and weed patches into yummy food.
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Today I had Moroccan style local lamb meatballs. Sheep are used here to remove highly flammable brush. They do a better job than humans with gas powered tools. You do not need or want many grown males bashing their heads and making trouble. So most of the young one's get culled at one year, thus turning hazardous thorn bushes, poison oak, and weed patches into yummy food.
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Yeah, great way to clear brush! I just about fell out of my saddle riding up towards the Hollywood sign... passed a gardener with a few dogs milling around, and thought, "That's weird. I've never seen gardeners with dogs before."

I did a double take: Not dogs. GOATS! In the Hollywood hills! Didn't know this was going on so close to home.
 
GOATS! In the Hollywood hills
Goats are fun to be around. They are affectionate, smart, and playful. They are very hard workers at clearing fire hazards. Worldwide they provide the most popular meat. About eating these animals. They live happy social lives in the sunshine with each other. Unlike wild animals they never live a day in fear of being chased and eaten alive by a predator and unlike wild animals, they are given shelter from storms. Being a wild goat means living a short hard life that ends badly, then being eaten. We have a symbiotic relationship with them.
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They can always use the Solar panels at night to charge there cars :eek:


The people were complaining when they had the rolling power outages... Before it happened they said.. No Worries I Have Solar... then they figured out that solar doesn't work so good at night without a full moon..
IIRC< In some places they can't use their solar directly, they are hooked up to sell it and then have to buy it back from the utility company at a reduced price. So if that utility is not selling, they can't have any.
 
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Thanks @tomjasz! You've inspired me to take better care of my compost. I confess I go a bit heavy on the kitchen scraps (too much wet, not enough dry) so often my compost does smell off. Relatives use the same system but are far more diligent with their ratio. They add sugar cane straw regularly. Their heap smells, frankly, quite fantastic: that beautiful, rich, earthy smell of healthy soil.

Slightly unrelated topic, I heard a Radiolab story the other day about the extraordinary soil ecosystems housed in old growth forest canopies. It reminded me once again there is so much we're yet to understand about this incredible planet of ours. The story linked this video too.

Yes till an entrepreneur who only likes a tree for it can be made into-I give you the "Eastern Spruce Forest"( used to be) Cheat Mtn,WVa,, once upon a time in a land close, close near, there existed this unique ecosystem( the Lorax surely wept) Somebody( may have been West VA CO( nowadays WestRock) decided with the scarcity of jobs and the burgeoning Virgin stands of all Kinds of timber that existed on this beautiful Mtn( ridge to you Rocky Mtn Folks) it was too good to exist, what with the "burden of the white man" to rape, pillage , exploit Let the timbering begin, the Forest had developed at the end of the Ice Age when conditions had become good enough for the more cold and Sub Alpine species to get a toehold after the logging had begun ( still many scars left to this day) the formerly dark Forest floor( with up to 3 ft of Humus) was exposed, with the piles of slash and subsequent drying, lightning strikes and whatever else abounded with fire burning the topcover down to the bedrock. There was even a Glade or forest of 3 ft sassafras trees that were soon pillaged, this area exists today with a shade of its former glory with the old 'Shay Locomotive " track based at Cass,WVa, still chugging up the Mtn to the old logging community of"Spruce", its a good wayside when you are tripping on the East Coast.
And its fair to say it will never recover completely to what it once was( the same with most clear-cuts) if anyone is interested" Tumult on the Mountains" by Roy Clarkson- looks at the West Virginia lumber industry circa 1770-1920, the area to this day still harbors some unique animals such as the "Hellbender Salamander"( big sucka) at least in the Appalachians at large, not around here( at least I have never seen any, all I have seen are the standard size black ones called spring lizards) only said to be around 520 left in the wild plus other species and subspecies. So despite the warm smarmy platitudes of the so-called "conservatives" we as a race are pretty good at screwing Mother Nature.
 
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