Gardening Compost-Fenway Victory Garden
Compost Pile News
For the first time in recent memory, we are using our own compost!
Previous years have seen our litter laden compost piles removed by
truck and disposed of as hazardous waste.
This left us with the burden of purchasing additional finished compost for use in our gardens.During the last 3 years, the leadership team, headed by current president,
Tim Horn, has started managing our compost in rows that are
turned 4 – 8 times per year.
In June, we ground up all of the compost and plowed last year’s stock into large piles in each composting area. We are mixing NITROGEN with the compost and covering it with black cloth to ‘cook’ as a hot compost pile during the summer. Once the pile cooks for July, August, and September, we will be able to uncover at least two piles in October for addition to our gardens.
-Fenway Garden Society Summer Newsletter 2009 http://fenwayvictorygardens.com/forms/Summer-2009.pdf
