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Good resources to get started with composting? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by solbear@slrpnk.net to c/composting@slrpnk.net

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For the next growing season I want to 1) stop relying exclusively on store bought soil and 2) stop wasting all my food scraps. I've started looking into vermiculture (and in particular a multi-tray DIY-solution), and I am currently looking for some good resources (books, in-depth article or video series or online courses) that can help me learn, and I was hoping that people here would like to share some resources they have found to help them on their journey to become composting masters.

I don't only want to understand how to do this in practice, but also how any choices along the way impact soil quality and how to ensure I have soil of good quality for my home garden. So I appreciate any pointers to more general soil-related resources.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Did you browse the older posts in the community already? I guess it might be nice to add some good links to the sidebar though.

In general it very much sounds like you are overthinking it. I started composting by throwing foodwaste in a bucket and it worked just fine 🤷

Add a bit of drainage and bottom ventilation and remember to stirr it a bit from time to time with a stick and that's basically it for basic composting.

[–] thegreenman@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Also, maybe this calls for a wiki post? 👀

[–] solbear@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Did you browse the older posts in the community already? I guess it might be nice to add some good links to the sidebar though.

Yeah, and I found some good things there, but a lot of the posts were quite old and I wanted to contribute to some activity here as well and give people new to Lemmy since those posts were made to contribute with their favorite resources. Links in the sidebar/Wiki would be very nice as a starting point!

In general it very much sounds like you are overthinking it. I started composting by throwing foodwaste in a bucket and it worked just fine 🤷

I quite enjoy the research, so I wouldn't say I am overthinking it. I am just looking for some recommended reading from the community to get started with the research. There's so much stuff online, and a lot of it seems AI-generated, so I try to get a more curated starting point from actual humans who are already into it, as in my experience direct recommendations from people are much better than starting from zero. :)