ʻO kāu alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana i kahi Bin Compost

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• Nā Pono o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka compost ma nā mea kanu
• He aha maoli ia compost, ʻoiaʻiʻo?
• Pehea e hana ai i kahi ʻōpala ʻōpala
• Pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka Compost
• Pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka compost inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e māla
• Nānā no

I ka wā e pili ana i ka meaʻai, ke hoʻāʻo nei nā mea āpau e hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou mea i kēia manawa, e hōʻalo nei i ka huakaʻi pinepine ʻana i ka hale kūʻai (a i ʻole ke kau inoa ʻana i nā lawelawe lawe mea kūʻai), me ka hana ʻana me nā staples pantry, a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻoki i nā ʻōpala o ka meaʻai. ʻOiai ma hope o kou lawe ʻana i kāu ʻōpala meaʻai e like me ka hiki ke hele pololei mai kahi hiʻohiʻona hiki ke ʻai (ʻo ia hoʻi, ka hana ʻana i nā "ʻōpala cocktails" mai loko mai o nā ʻili citrus a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻili meaʻai koena), hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu hou, me ka hoʻohana ʻana ia mau mea i loko o ka compost. ma mua o ke kiola ʻana iā lākou i loko o ka ʻōpala.

No laila he aha ka compost, pololei? ʻO ia ka huikau o nā meaola palaho i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomomona ʻana a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻāina — a i ʻole ma kahi pae liʻiliʻi, kāu māla a i ʻole nā ​​mea kanu pot., e like me ka Environment Protection Agency (EPA). ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ke kani ʻana e hana i kahi ʻōpala compost, ʻoiai inā kau palena ʻia ʻoe ma kahi. ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole e pau ka pilau i kou home. Eia pehea e pono ai ka compost, pehea e hana ai i ka compost bin, a pehea e hoʻohana ai i kāu compost.

Nā Pono o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka compost ma nā mea kanu

Inā paha ʻoe he kanaka mahiʻai maʻa me ka manamana nui ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i kāu fern hale mua e ola, pono ka compost pau loa nā mea kanu no ka mea kūkulu ia i nā mea momona i ka lepo. "E like me kā mākou ʻai ʻana i ka yogurt a i ʻole kimchi, ka mea e kōkua ai i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ko mākou puʻuwai me nā hua bacteria maikaʻi, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka compost i kou lepo e inoculates ia me nā piliona microorganisms e kōkua i kāu mau mea kanu e noho olakino," wehewehe ʻo Tucker Taylor, ka haku meaʻai māla ma Kendall-Jackson Wine ʻO Estates & Gardens ma Sonoma, Kaleponi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Taylor e hana mau ʻo ia i ka compost ma nā māla āna e mālama ai.

He aha maoli ia compost, ʻoiaʻiʻo?

ʻEkolu mau mea nui o ka compost: ka wai, ka nitrogen, a me ke kalapona, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "greens" a me "browns," wahi a Jeremy Walters, ka ʻelele hoʻomau no Republic Services, kekahi o nā mea hōʻiliʻili hou loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nitrogen mai nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo e like me nā ʻōpala huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, nā ʻoki mauʻu, a me nā kahua kofe, a me ke kalapona mai nā ʻeleʻele e like me ka pepa, ka pahu, a me nā lau make a i ʻole nā ​​lālā. Pono nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo like ʻole o kāu compost—e hāʻawi ana i nā meaʻai a me kekahi mau maʻa no nā mea āpau e wāwahi ai—i nā ʻeleʻele—e hoʻopaʻa i ka wai nui, kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano o ka compost, a hāʻawi i ka ikehu i nā microorganisms e wāwahi iā ia a pau. e like me ka Cornell Waste Management Institute.

Eia nā mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻohui i kāu bin compost, e like me ka Walters:

• Nā ʻili lau (ʻōmaʻomaʻo)
• ʻili hua ('ōmaʻomaʻo)
• ʻO nā kīʻaha ('ōmaʻomaʻo)
• Eggshells (holoi ʻia) (ʻōmaʻomaʻo)
• Kāwele pepa (ʻeleʻele)
• Papapaʻa (ʻeleʻele)
• Nūpepa (brown)
• Ka lole (ka pulupulu, ka hulu hipa, a i ʻole ke kilika ma nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi) (ʻeleʻele)
• Paʻa kofe a kānana (nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo)
• ʻeke kī i hoʻohana ʻia (nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo)

Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau mea e pale aku ai ʻoe i ka waiho ʻana i kāu compost inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i kahi bin odiferous, e noʻonoʻo: nā aniani, ke kāleka, a me nā ʻili citrus. ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā laulā, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe loea, pono nō ʻoe e mālama i nā mea hana waiū a i ʻole nā ​​ʻiʻo i mea e pale ai i kahi kūlana pilau ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi ʻōpala compost i loko. Inā ʻoe e hahai nei i kēia mau alakaʻi a ʻike ʻoe he pilau kou wai wai, he hōʻailona ia e pono ai ʻoe i nā mea ʻeleʻele hou aʻe e kaulike ai i nā mea ʻōmaʻomaʻo waiwai nui o ka nitrogen, no laila e hoʻāʻo e hoʻohui i nā nūpepa a i ʻole kekahi mau lau maloʻo, wahi a Walters.

Pehea e hana ai i kahi ʻōpala ʻōpala

Ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana me kahi ʻōpala compost, e noʻonoʻo i kāu wahi. Makemake ʻoe e hoʻohana i kahi ʻano hana hoʻohei ʻokoʻa inā ʻoe e hana ana i loko o ka hale a i waho paha.

Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke compost ma waho, He pahu pahu—e like me ke kinikini nunui ma ke ku ana, e hiki ai ia oe ke milo a me kela pahu puuwai nani e malama ana i kou hydrated—he koho maikai ia ke loaa ia oe ka nui o ka manawa e hana ai, wahi a Walters. No ka mea ua sila ʻia lākou, ʻaʻole lākou e honi a huki paha i nā mea ʻino. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole lākou e koi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ilo (e ʻike i nā mea hou aʻe ma lalo e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i loko o ka hale) no ka mea, ʻo ka wela mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana a me ka hoʻopololei ʻana o ka lā e kōkua i ka wāwahi ʻana ma kāna iho. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā ʻano kīʻaha wai wai waho no ke kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele, e like me kēia Tumbling Composter me ʻElua Chambers ma Home Depot (Buy It, $91, homedepot.com).

Inā ʻoe e hana compost i loko, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i kahi ʻōpala compost e like me kēia Bin Compost Bin (Buy It, $ 40, food52.com). A i ʻole inā makemake nui ʻoe a makemake ʻoe e kūkulu i kāu pahu compost waho mai ka wā ʻōpala, hāʻawi ka EPA i nā alakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pae ma kāna pūnaewele. Makemake ʻoe e hoʻonoho i kāu bin compost i nā wahi āu e loaʻa ai: ma ka lumi kuke, ma lalo o ka papaʻaina, ma kahi keʻena keʻena, e hoʻomau ka papa inoa. (ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pono ia e hele i ka lumi kuke a ʻaʻole pono ke honi.)

1. Hoʻonohonoho i ke kumu.

Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi home no kāu bin compost i loko, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i ka waiho ʻana i nā ʻāpana ma ke kau ʻana i lalo o ka pahu me ka nūpepa a me kekahi mau iniha o ka lepo lepo. Eia naʻe ka mea e hiki mai ana, e kaukaʻi ʻia i ke ʻano o ka composting.

2. E hoʻomaka i ka waiho ʻana i kāu compost (me nā ilo a ʻole ʻole).

ʻAʻole makemake i nā mea kolo? (E hoʻomaopopo koke ʻoe.) A laila, ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lalo o ka pahu compost me ka nūpepa a me kahi lepo, e hoʻohui i kahi ʻāpana ʻeleʻele. A laila, e hana i kahi "punawai a i ʻole ke kaumaha" i ka papa browns no nā greens, e like me ka Cornell Waste Management Institute. Uhi me kahi papa ʻē aʻe o nā browns no laila ʻaʻole hōʻike ʻia kahi meaʻai. E hoʻomau i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā papa ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā ʻeleʻele ma muli o ka nui o kāu bin a hoʻomaʻū iki me ka wai. Hōʻalo i ka anu u 3.

Eia nō naʻe, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau i ka ick-factor, paipai ʻo Walters i ka vermicomposting no ka composting o kahi ākea liʻiliʻi, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā ilo i kāu greens a me nā browns e hoʻololi pono ai i nā ʻōpala i nā meaʻai a me nā minelala no nā mea kanu i ka lepo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻopili i nā ilo i kāu kaʻina hana composting, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke kaʻina hana decomposition a hoʻonui i kahi pilau (no ka mea e ʻai nā mea wiggly i nā koʻohune ʻino), e like me ka Igor Lochert, pelekikena o The Worm Farm Portland ma Newberg. , ʻO Oregon, nāna e hoʻopuka i nā huahana compost.

"Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei ʻo 'Worms... inside?' Ua lohi nā ilo a ʻaʻole makemake nui i ka noho ʻana ma kou wahi moe," wahi āna. Makemake lākou e noho i loko o nā ʻōpala meaʻai āu e hoʻolako nei i loko o ka pahu wai wai a ʻaʻole paha e pakele mai ka ipu. ʻOiai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ke poʻi ma luna o ka ipu e hōʻoia i ka noho ʻana a me ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo (no ka mea, ew, ilo).

He mea maikaʻi ka vermicomposting i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻōpala meaʻai i mea hoʻohana no nā mea kanu no nā kumu ʻelua, wahi a Lochert. ʻO ka mea mua, huli nā ilo i ka lepo ma ka neʻe ʻana i loko ona, a waiho i ka hoʻolei ʻana (manure) a me nā cocoons (hua manu). He mea ʻino, akā ʻo kēlā mau hoʻoheheʻe i waiho ʻia he kiʻekiʻe i nā meaʻai, hiki ke kōkua i ka haki ʻana o ka wai. ʻO ka lua, kōkua nā ilo i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka lepo ma ka neʻe ʻana i loko o ia mea—koʻikoʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lepo maikaʻi i loko o ka pahu compost a hope loa ke hoʻohui ʻia i kāu mea kanu. (E nānā pū kekahi: Nā Tweaks liʻiliʻi e kōkua kōkua i ke kaiapuni)

ʻO ke ala maʻalahi e hana vermicomposting ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi pahu ukana ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole mai kāu hale kūʻai lako paʻa a i ʻole kahi kula hānai, e like me ka 5-Tray Worm Composting Kit (Buy It, $ 90, wayfair.com). Pono ʻoe e kūʻai i kona mau hoaaina—ilo—e hoʻomaka. ʻO ke ʻano worm ʻoi loa e hoʻohui i ka compost kahi ʻano i kapa ʻia he ʻulaʻula wrigglers no ka mea hoʻopau koke lākou i ka ʻōpala, akā hana ka ʻenuhe honua i ka hana, e like me ka EPA. ʻEhia ka poʻe liʻiliʻi? ʻOiai ʻaʻohe kānāwai paʻakikī, pono e hoʻomaka ka poʻe hoʻomaka me nā pahu wai wai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi me ka 1 kīʻaha ilo no ke galani o ka compost, wahi a Lochert.

3. Hoʻohui i kāu ʻōpala meaʻai.

ʻOiai he mea hoʻowalewale paha e hoʻolei i kāu mau mea ʻai ʻai i loko o ka pahu wai wai ma hope koke o ka hana ʻana i ka salakeke no ka ʻaina ahiahi, ʻaʻole. Akā, e mālama i kēlā mau ʻōpala a koe kekahi mau meaʻai ʻē aʻe i loko o kahi pahu i uhi ʻia i loko o ka pahu hau, e hoʻohui wale ana iā lākou i ka ʻōpala compost i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule.

Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pahu piha o nā ʻōpala meaʻai a mākaukau e hoʻohui iā lākou i loko o ka pahu, e hoʻolei mua i kahi lima liʻiliʻi o ka pepa i ʻoki ʻia (ʻoiaʻiʻo nō nā ʻano pepa like ʻole, akā ʻōlelo ka EPA e pale i nā ʻano kaumaha, ʻālohilohi, a waihoʻoluʻu paha. no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e wāwahi maʻalahi), a laila hoʻohui i nā ʻōpala ma luna o ka pepa. Uhi i nā ʻōpala ʻai āpau me nā pepa hou aku a ʻoi aku ka lepo a i ʻole ka lepo pālolo, no ka mea hiki i nā mea ʻai ke hoʻoweliweli i nā lele hua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka uhi o ka ʻōpala he mea nui nō ia i ka hakakā ʻana i nā lele lele hiki. Inā nānā ʻoe i kāu compost i ka pule aʻe a ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole i ʻai nā ilo i kekahi ʻano o ka ʻōpala (ʻo ia hoʻi, ka ʻili ʻuala), e wehe a hoʻāʻo paha e ʻoki i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i loko o ka pahu compost i loko. Pono ka ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka compost e hāʻawi i ka nui o ka makū, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohui i kahi wai hou i ka hui. (E pili ana: Pono ʻoe e hui pū me kāu CSA Farm Share?)

Pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka Compost

Inā ʻoe e hānai pono ana i ka compost i kēlā me kēia pule (ʻo ia hoʻi: hoʻohui mau i nā ʻōpala meaʻai i loko o ka pahu), pono ia e mākaukau e hānai i kāu mau mea kanu ma kahi o 90 mau lā, wahi a Amy Padolk, ka luna hoʻonaʻauao no Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden ma Coral Gables, Florida. "Mākaukau ka compost e hoʻohana ʻia ke nānā aku, ʻano, a ʻaʻala e like me ka honua pouli momona, he lepo crumbly ma ka piko, a ʻaʻole ʻike hou ʻia nā mea maoli." Ma hope o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau mea a pau, pono ʻoe e hoʻohui ma kahi o 30 a 50 ka nui o ka compost i kāu hui lepo no nā mea kanu i loko o nā pahu a i ʻole nā ​​moena hoʻokiʻekiʻe. No nā mea kanu o waho, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻohi a kāpīpī paha ma kahi o 1/2-iniha ka mānoanoa o ka compost a puni nā kumu a me nā moena kanu, wehewehe ʻo Padolk.

Pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka compost inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e māla

Ma kahi o 94 pākēneka o nā meaʻai i hoʻolei ʻia i hoʻopau ʻia i nā landfill a i ʻole nā ​​wahi kuni, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka methane gas (kahi oona gas e hōʻino ana i ka ozone), e like me ka EPA. No laila, ma ka hana ʻana i kēia mau ʻanuʻu maʻalahi a pili i ka kaiaola, hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka methane mai nā pae ʻāina a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāu kapuaʻi kalapona. No laila inā makemake ʻoe e kōkua, akā ʻaʻohe pono o kēia compost āu e hana nei, nui nā wahi i kau inoa inoa composting kahi, no kahi uku liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā ʻoihana e like me The Urban Canopy a i ʻole Healthy Soost Compost ke hāʻawi i kahi bakeke āu hiki ke hoʻopiha i nā ʻōpala meaʻai, a laila e hōʻiliʻili lākou i ka bākeke ke piha, wahi a Ashlee Piper, he loea hoʻomau a me ka mea kākau o Hāʻawi i kahi Sh*t: Hana maikaʻi. E ola maikaʻi. Mālama i ka Honua. E hōʻoia no nā ʻoihana composting i kāu wahi e ʻike i nā lawelawe i loaʻa kokoke iā ʻoe.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i kāu ʻōpala meaʻai a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka mākeke o kāu mahiʻai kūloko ke hiki ʻoe i ka nui koʻikoʻi. "E lawe nā mākeke he nui a me nā mea kūʻai aku i nā koina ʻai i hiki iā lākou ke hana i kā lākou compost ponoʻī no kā lākou mea kanu," wahi a Piper. "Akā kāhea mau i mua [e hōʻoia] e pale i ka hele ʻana i ke kaona me kahi ʻeke o nā ʻōpala soggy." (ʻ tiplelo aʻoaʻo Pro: Inā ʻoe e noho ana ma New York City, he papa inoa o Grow NYC o nā wahi kulu hāʻule ʻai ma aneʻi.)

ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kāu compost i loko a kaʻana like me nā hoaaloha a ʻohana paha i ʻoi aku ka nui o waho, inā ʻaʻohe ou wahi e hoʻolaha ai iā ʻoe iho. ʻO lākou - a me kā lākou mea kanu - e mahalo nui ʻia.

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