Revisions

Timeline Revision

April 21, 2011--- purchase bokashi kit

 tbd

Revised experiment

3 different kinds of composting—

1.      Passive composting (current system at Solebury)

a.       A pile of food and yard waste, turned occasionally

b.      Location:  Outside biology classroom windows

c.       Size: 4ft x 4ft

2.      Black box composting

a.       Food and yard waste stored in an aerated black container

b.      Location: Outside biology classroom windows

c.       Size: 4ft x 4ft

3.      Bokashi composting

a.       2 weeks of fermentation of all food waste

b.      1 month of passive mixing with existing soil

c.       Location: Ali’s house

d.      Size: 50 gal container, 4ft x 4ft hole

The goal:

To figure out which kind of composting is the most productive and best suited for Solebury.  This will be determined by the quality, quantity, and speed of the produced humus.