Black Gold
posted by OldRoses @ 5:09 PM
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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10 Comments:
Oh, yeah. Sweet, dark compost. How lucky you are! How richly blessed with your black gold.
That's a fine looking compost bin. What brand is it and where did you get it?
Cheers.... for compost!!
Ahhh....black gold...a gardener's favorite thing. Now I'm humming a combination of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song, and the "These Are a Few of my Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music :)
It's beautiful stuff!
How long does yours take to get to the usable stage?
Just like magic...and for free, more or less. No wonder you call it black gold.
Sylvana, unfortunately I bought it about ten years ago from Home Depot. It's "Composter" brand, made in Canada out of recycled plastic. I don't think HD carries it any more.
Kerri, I'm humming right along with you! I don't turn my compost so it takes about two years. I usually have about three years worth of compost in it at any given time. The new stuff on top, stuff that's "cooking" in the middle and the finished product on the bottom. I love compost, but I am not one of those fanatics who worries over recipes, temperatures, time etc. I'm very casual about it and it works just fine.
Wildlife Gardener, I can't believe that people pay for something that they can make for free!
What a great blog from a like-minded composter. Also, thanks for the suggestion on the Rutgers garden. I'll have to check it out.
You can't beat a bit of homegrown 'black gold' just think of all of those worms that have been employed that would just be burrowing around otherwise
Your compost looks like the "magical muck" I'm hoping to get from my compost bin. After seeing your post and reading your comment I have decided to leave mine and not turn it and hope for the best.
Hi Old roses,Fantastic compost!I love the word Black Gold which I used in my post yesterday.Only true gardeners can post and delight in compost.
I think black gold is very circle of life, in that all that has grown from the earth, taken its nutrients, dies, is composted, and reduced down to the earth, then put back onto where it came from!
The flowers do grow brilliantly when the garden soil has been enriched :)
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