What goes in the compost tumbler

WHAT TO ADD TO COMPOST


GREENS
(materials rich in nitrogen - N -) 

- fruit & vegetable scraps
- coffee grounds & tea bags
- manure & bedding ONLY from plant eating animals
- green plants
- garden trimmings
- fresh leaves & flowers
- grass clippings

BROWNS
(materials rich in carbon - C -) 

- bread & grains
- egg shells
- nutshells
- corncobs
- food-soiled paper towels & napkins
- shredded newspaper
- fall leaves, twigs & woody prunings
- dry plant material
- straw & hay
- pine needles
- potting soil

Tuesday 8/2 - processing mature compost

This summer we had a hard time getting our compost to ripen.

Finally, thanks to Scott's regular compost tumbling every other day, and balancing the C/N (Carbon/Nitrogen) ratio we will soon be able to sift the mature compost, give it a home and our tumbler will be ready to accept new scraps.

We'll be in the backyard by the tumbler on 8/2 after 12pm. If you want to join, shoot an email/comment.

New plants have a home!

We dug, removed some ivy, brought compost from the back yard and gave our four beautiful azaleas a new home!

In the backyard we have some fabulous juniper by the old tree stomp and conifers planted in bed #1 and bed #4!
Go smell the pines!

We have a planting date!

Hi everybody, we are going to plant the remaining azaleas and conifers tomorrow, Tuesday 7/19 at 7:00pm. Meet us by the main entrance on Avenue H. Bring gloves!

our garden grows in brooklyn

We were given some great plants via Alessandra Galletti, a landscaper architect who works for PPS and as a free lancer and Stephen Hanson, one of our gardeners.

We received four big azaleas, two large conifers - a Mungo pine and a Norfolk - and some pretty shrubs. Yesterday morning a crew of three people cleaned the area under the tree in bed #8 (see map), shoveled some compost from bed #3 in a barrel and planted two azaleas. We watered them and later the rain helped settle everything in. 

There is more to plant. Do you feel ready for a work out as you beautify your garden? Join us - Sunday 17 - in the afternoon. Comment on this post if you want to put your name in.

Bring gloves!