Amending Compost Bins With Biosolids - February 2024
Yesterday, I shared a round of photos showing the first (for this growing season) load of municipal biosolids that I added to our perennial garden beds as a topdressing . The goal is to improve the soil and feed the trees and plants. I also used these biosolids in a different spot: as a compost bin amendment. I've done this in the past - here's a post from March of 2023 - when I dumped some biosolids in as a sort-of accelerant/enhancement to my bins due to them being overloaded with 'browns'. I thought the biosolids - full of Nitrogen - would help balance out the blend. Right now, all three of our bins are F-U-L-L. The clean-up that I did recently of all the ornamental grasses produced an enormous amount of material. I posted some photos back a couple weeks . For this round - I added a 5-gallon bucket (filled 2/3rds of the way) into my 'storage bin'. The one with the "Feed Me" compost bin sign . Below is a look at that mound of mater