Composting tumbler

Posted April 28, 2024 by MaryDyer in Gardening

I’m super excited because I ordered a mini compost tumbler (if I was a TIM I might have a euphoria boner). I plan to do hot composting over the summer.

Anyway, I’m a bit unsure of something; I’ve been reading instructions on various websites, and they say to begin the process layer by layer - a layer of carbon then a layer of nitrogen, followed by more carbon, and so on. So my question is…does this apply to the tumblers or just the compost piles? I thought the idea of the tumbler was to tumble the whole big mess to aerate it as much as possible. Am I actually supposed to add all my food scraps layer by layer, alternating between them and carbon-rich stuff like twigs, and only tumble it all once in a while? And what if I have a bunch of kitchen scraps but not many carbon-rich items?

I got the tumbler because I thought I would be able to just tumble it as much as I want and have fun doing so. Was I actually incorrect?

Also, can I add worms, or is that a different type of composting?

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December 24, 2020

heartwitch

December 24, 2020

Are there any interesting, well-developed female characters? I had a hard time with Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell because it had a such a boys' club atmosphere.

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lucrecia

December 24, 2020

Talking about any characters is a bit of a spoiler so I've tagged it. So, there aren't many characters mentioned, and those are mostly male. I would say only the main, male character has any real development, but it's quite a solitary sort of book and characters are closer to plot-devices or mysteries than people (which is not to say they're wooden; they're quite lively, we just don't see them in much detail). There are probably more birds than people in the book. So in terms of representation, I would recommend it for bird-representation or statue-representation but not any variety of positive human representation.

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December 24, 2020

I haven't read it but I've been wanting to for a while, I think because I saw someone recommend it on here. I have a hold on the ebook version from my local library but I have to wait 10 weeks 😩 (I've also had this hold for several weeks already...)

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ActualWendy

December 24, 2020

Thanks for this. I'm on the waitlist at the library.

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Posted April 28, 2024 by MaryDyer

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