Last fall I walked you through putting my compost pile to bed for the winter. This Saturday it was nice and warm, so I decided to open it up and see what happened.
Over the winter time we added kitchen scraps, chicken bedding and rabbit manure. We just dumped that stuff on top, we didn’t stir the pile at all.
Here is our pile before I opened things up.
When I started to dig through I found a lot of worms. Which are wonderful, worms will eat the decaying organic matter and turn it into wonderful worm casings. Worm casings are fabulously wonderful for the garden.
And here is the final produce. That big pile of leaves, straw, manure and garden waste is now a huge pile of nice, nutrient rich compost. No matter how many times I have seen this, it always amazes me, I am kind of a nerd that way.
Which will help me grow produce full of vitamins, mineral and enzymes.
I don't know if its proper to say this but its looks yummy and not in a food type of way. LOL
It still very much feels like winter here. Which is weird. But it has been nice to get outdoors and soak up fresh air and sun on the nice days.
hugs Erika
Your compost looks WAY better than mine-probably because you have the rabbit and chicken manure cooking along with it. We only have garden residue. Oh well. I'm working on it!