How do I seperate my good compost from that which is still composting?
I have a compost bin that I am constantly adding to. I also constantly turn it. But that gives me the problem that I cannot use the good compost since it has the yet to be composted stuff in it. What do I do? Suggestion?
You make a sieve or screen and separate it. http://www.nifty-stuff.com/compost-sifter-screen-sieve.php
Go to the hardware store and find their widest hole wire mesh…….not chicken wire. Make a frame and stable the mesh to the frame and go for it. http://www.instructables.com/id/Compost-Screen/
This video is clever. Another way is to build a bigger sieve and set it on an angle……support it of course. And then toss the compost against the sieve, the finer stull will fall through and larger stuff that needs to compost more, falls straight down.
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at home we use a screen and seperate teh compost.
the larger, mostly uncomposted stuff generlly stays in the screen while the finer composted particles fall through. just toss the big stuff back in the bin and let it keep doing its thing. some of the uncomposted stuff also falls trough im sure but it is a finer grain and will probally decompose in the soil very quickly.
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At some point, you have to stop adding to the pile and let it finish composting. Start a new pile next to it. After the first pile has finished, you sift it into a tub through a wire mesh screen; if you find anything that still looks like what it used to be, toss it in the second pile so it can keep going.
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You make a sieve or screen and separate it. http://www.nifty-stuff.com/compost-sifter-screen-sieve.php
Go to the hardware store and find their widest hole wire mesh…….not chicken wire. Make a frame and stable the mesh to the frame and go for it. http://www.instructables.com/id/Compost-Screen/
This video is clever. Another way is to build a bigger sieve and set it on an angle……support it of course. And then toss the compost against the sieve, the finer stull will fall through and larger stuff that needs to compost more, falls straight down.
References :