New outpost for compost

 Payaka urban development

The new outpost for compost

The regular flow of people here, the party of a few days ago and a couple of fruit days (adding a lot of fresh matter all in one time) pushed forward the need of a new location for compost.

It's a quite simple frame made out of old wood that was laying down in a corner.
Bent nails hook up the sides with the base and the top, so it all falls apart by hand without even using a hammer! I need to admit that the inspiration came from working on theater sets, where everything is made and designed for easy setup and brake down.
Indeed doing compost in town... it's quite a spectacular performance!

Bent nail holds one side to the base 

Bent nail holds together the sides and the front

Possibly it's going to stay open like this for maximum ventilation and speedy decomposition but we'll see: hopefully I will manage to add sufficient dried matter all the time, like I've done until now.
This trick and a few sprinkles of EM water every couple of days and it looks like we don't really have any insect problem here. I've just noticed a couple of times so far, some rats coming in and politely munching on a few bits without really making any mess. Hopefully there won't be any bigger animals  coming.

Besides this new compost box, the second compost site is going to rest now for a couple of weeks until it starts growing down and maturing.

Some day soon we'll have new soil to start further urban farming projects. Stay tuned!