Guilford Sustainability Coordinator Jim Dees and I emptied the first batch of comost from the Earth Tub today. It didn’t turn out to be nearly as big a job as we thought. We were able to get the entire thing emptied and loaded on to a golf cart trailer in under two hours. Also because we were able to leave it in the tub for a little longer than expected due to external factors, the compost was close to finished. We ended up a little heavy on the carbon side on our ratio but we think the overall prodcut is pretty top-notch especially for our first batch. In the roughly 2 weeks were composting we were able to proccess over 1700 pounds of food scraps. I snapped some photos from the unloading for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
Sort of an action shot of the auger pushing out the compost. The picture doesn’t capture it, but it was really sort of a dramatic scene with the auger churning the compost and the sunlight shining through the steam that was literally billowing out of the hatch.
Unloading the compost at the Pines.
This is where we’re finishing the compost at the newly renovated bin system near the Pines House.
Finished product. Almost looks like we know what we’re doing right?
