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What are your garden goals for 2025? (self.greenspace)

submitted 3 days ago by LallyLuckFarm to c/greenspace

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Are you planning big changes, or minor tweaks to a working system? Are there new-to-you plants you're excited to try your hand at? Let's share our dreams and goals and inspire each other!

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[–] LallyLuckFarm 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's tons of ways to properly compost! What kind of setup are you considering?

[–] bownage 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Something small 😅.

I currently just have an actual bin with a ton of mulch that I put my dead plants in and give it a little water sometimes. Has been working fairly well for a couple years now.

I know there's 'proper' ways to compost but I never really got into it because it feels like overkill for the amount of compost I actually use (there's already basically a never ending supply).

Any suggestions for a small setup?

[–] LallyLuckFarm 4 points 2 days ago

We have a few small welded wire rings, roughly 3 feet in diameter and 4 feet high, that we use around the bird yard. That's about the minimum size to get the piles to heat to the point of being able to kill off most seeds that make it in there, and it's a simple thing to lift the ring and move it over so the pile can be turned. You could make it smaller if you're not too concerned with volunteer plants sprouting. I know a few folks who will line the inside with landscape felt (not the plastic stuff) to have less material fall through the gaps in the wire and make them look a little cleaner, if that's something you're interested in.