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After about a dozen buckets, it's time to make your compost. You would make a box out of pallets. Then, you would line the pallet box with bales of hay. Next, you would dump the contents of your buckets into the hay pallet box. Lastly, you would cover the contents with more hay and let it sit there undisturbed until it finished turning into compost. | After about a dozen buckets, it's time to make your compost. You would make a box out of pallets. Then, you would line the pallet box with bales of hay. Next, you would dump the contents of your buckets into the hay pallet box. Lastly, you would cover the contents with more hay and let it sit there undisturbed until it finished turning into compost. | ||
For more details, you could watch [https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?list=PLFD5D0CE103FD3A56&v=Ul51Uz0qfHU this video]. | For more details, you could watch [https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?list=PLFD5D0CE103FD3A56&v=Ul51Uz0qfHU this video]. They also have a video about cleaning the buckets. | ||
== A Naturalist Method == | |||
The naturalist, Masanobu Fukuoka, had a much simpler method of composting. Composting is an old Japanese tradition, and it was back-breaking work for young Fukuoka. When asked about composting, Fukuoka replied, just bury your kitchen scraps out in the land. Inspired by this, one person takes their scraps out in the woods, in the middle to avoid attracting raccoons back towards home. This person finds a dip in the soil, moves the leaves to the side, dumps the scraps onto the dirt, and covers up the scraps with the leaves and possibly some sticks to discourage critters. | |||