compost resources

Compost Resources: composting and soil building resources available on design project site.

On this design project site there is leaf litter from two maple trees in the front of the house, leaf litter from two crepe myrtle bushes on the east side of the site, and leaf litter from one tree (unidentified, no current leaves, possibly maple) on the north side of the house.  Periodically there is leaf/ branch litter from brush and trees on the perimeter of the site, and there is a patch about 60 ft x 15 ft on the north side of the house that is a brush area needing to be cleared.  There is lawn litter from all grass areas.  Currently we are using wood, tree, and leaf litter scraps & remnants to form small hugelkultur/ raised beds starting on the south side of the site in zone 1.  We compost green organic materials and shred all paper and most of our cardboard scraps in vermiculture bins.  This biomass is added to the gardens for additional organic material and worm tea is applied to some plants.  Very little biomass is being exported at this time (pathogenic materials from the kitchen such as meat scraps and the cat box are disposed of in the trash...the vermiculture on site is not used at this time for complex organic materials, only green scraps and wood/ cardboard/ paper scraps).