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Backyard Composting..!! |
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The process of Biological conversion of organic waste into organic manure (compost) is called composting. It is an old age process and being followed by various old and advance techniques like ditch composting, static pile composting, windrow composting, bin composting, Vermicomposting and some advance techniques includes Biological reactor composting & composting by adding inoculum & compost seed. Static pile composting is one of the old age composting technique which can be done at your backyard. It is very simple process and easy to set up static pile at your backyard. To install a static pile at you backyard or even in your schools/institutions follow the following steps: (A demo of static pile has been set by me and my team at my institute named College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab) Step-1 Take a mesh of pore size less than 3mm and cut it into size of 3?ft. Join both ends of mesh to make cylindrical shape as shown in figure below:
Cutting of Mesh and making a cylindrical shape (Team: Dr. Shafique, Mr. Ahmad & Ms Amna) Step-2 Mark the land where you need to set your static pile, dig the circle and insert your cylindrical pile into it.
Marking the land area for Static Pile (Team: Mr Farhan, Mr Umer & Ms Maria)
Setting up the Static pile into the marked area (Team: Ms Maham & Mr Farhan) Step-3 Add segregated waste into the pile after mixing the browns (Dry Leaves) & Greens (Fruit/Vegetable waste) in appropriate ratio (Appropriate ratio can be set to attain Carbon: Nitrogen 25:1). Keep mixing the waste gradually and keep it aerated by using shovel. Mixing of Brown (Dry leaves) & Green (Orange Peels) waste in appropriate ratio and adding into the Static Pile (Team: Mr Umer) Mix the waste after gradual interval and keep it aerated manually by using shovel (Regular aeration restrict the emission of foul gases and also restrict the emission of methane). Once the waste will turn to dark brown, remove it from the pile and dry it (reduce the size by using mechanical shredder if available). This is your final product if it gets the dark brown to black colour. Add prepare compost to the ground/land to accomplish the land requirement for nutrient to some extent. Backyard composting is a greener solution to manage household/kitchen/institutional organic waste and helps to reduce the landfilling cost of organic waste as well as save the environment from the emission of greenhouse gases. So convert the waste into resource and help you mother earth to live green. Farhan Ahmad Eco-generation Embassador for Pakistan |
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16 Comments
Beautiful report!
Very revealing and detailed.
Posted 09-05-2014 14:58
Congrats Farhan for being there in top 3 artciles.
Posted 08-05-2014 18:00
Thank You Team Eco Generation for selecting my article as one of the best 3 articles of April.
ans Thank You all Eco Generation Ambassadors for your lovely comments and support.
Posted 08-05-2014 16:33
@Arushi, oh, great input :)
Posted 09-04-2014 10:14
thank you for the detail information of the composting method to manage organic waste.
If we change, we can make cash from trash and manage solid waste.:)
Posted 09-04-2014 01:29
Whoa.. that is not easy to conduct a backyard gardening...
Posted 08-04-2014 23:46
@ Farhan :Bokashi composting is a method of quickly breaking down organic waste. Unlike conventional composting, a Bokashi system makes use of Effective Microorganisms (EM) that are added to the organic waste stored in a Bokashi bin.The Bokashi composting process is more of a fermentation process than a conventional composting process. Air is not required for the organic matter to ferment. Because of this, the process is odour free and makes for a perfect kitchen compost bin. The system can be completely sealed, which removes any worries about insects or animals making a nuisance.
Posted 08-04-2014 20:02
@Farhan in response to your question to Arushi about Bokashi bins, I have written an Ambassador report for the same on 12-Jun-13 on Tunza Eco-Gen
"Bokashi Composting"
by Rohan Kapur | 2013-06-12 00:41:56.
The link to the article is given below & you will get some pictures as well.
http://tunza.eco-generation.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?viewID=3404&searchType=title&searchName=bokashi&pageNumber=1
I hope this will satisfy your curiosity.
Posted 08-04-2014 13:03
Very well explained. Your article is praiseworthy. Composting is very natural & must be encouraged.
Posted 08-04-2014 12:56
Thank you for the great article! I really enjoyed it. Maybe I can try this in my own backyard. It's so interesting and eco-friendly :)
Posted 08-04-2014 10:03
Wow..Backyard Composting, Simply amazing. By the way the article is very nicely written by you. Thanks a lot for detailed step by step process :)
Posted 08-04-2014 09:27
Thank Arushi.!! Can you please explain something about Bokashi Bins?? or can you share some clicks of your installed Bokashi Bin too???
Posted 08-04-2014 02:49
Thanks for the detailed step by step process of making backyard compost . In our school we have kept Bokashi bins for composting.
Posted 07-04-2014 21:26
You are welcome. Rohan i hve lots of Data regarding my own work on Composting. I'll upload soon or you can ask me anytime for that in future as well :)
Posted 07-04-2014 15:44
You have explained the process of composting in detail & very clearly. Well reported.
I will preserve this article for future reference.
Thanks a lot.
Posted 07-04-2014 12:56
Thanks for sharing :)
Posted 07-04-2014 08:54