Thursday 26th August.

Oh Jeez Warren, not another post about compost??????????

Hey, it’s the first bit of success I’ve had in 18 months give me a break here. I promise not another compost post for at least a month, well, couple of weeks, ok?

And I’ll keep it brief as well.

Finally go the last of the first heap turned today, ready for mulching, the guys were painting the truck with rust coat grey, so I wandered down the paddock with a shovel and started playing with the heaps. The blended heap was well on its way to being a small furnace, just a few inches in had steam coming out, so I dug a fair bit out of the centre and turned it over, then started turning the last half of heap one.

Phillip ended up deciding painting the truck wasn’t his idea of a good time, so he grabbed a shovel and came down the field to help, then Kamaki and Ryan arrived to help.

It looked a little like the pits in Mordor for a while, as we broke into the heap the steam would gush out, which sent me back across the paddock for the camera. It looked like a really good pic, and the guys seemed to be enjoying themselves, or at least they stayed until the entire heap was turned.







Tiff figures we’ll easily get $100 a bag for the blended, and $60 a bag for the turned compost, which makes me happy. That will cover the wages and the machine running and replacement costs, so long as we sell 10 bags a week.

I’m finally pleased to see something actually being done though, I’ve been talking about this for 18 months now, and it’s not been the easiest thing to stay positive about the whole plan.




And a couple of pics of the mushrooms, I think they're edible, but they don't last long once they open.Anyone know if they are edible? or hallucogenic? or anything?