Here I am tracking the various compost feedstocks added to the piles as well as the temperature. I am only there twice a week, so I am unable to track exactly what goes into the compost and temperature differences throughout the week. But, this is demonstrative of the type of variable tracking required to show quality of compost.
Feedstock Tracking |
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| DATE | TYPE |
| 7/17/18 | Started two compost piles |
| 7/17/18 | Chicken Bedding |
| 7/17/18 | Rotted Vegetable Trimmings |
| 7/17/18 | Partially finished compost from the past six months |
| 7/17/18 | Dead raspberry canes (only one layer) |
| 7/24/18 | Pea plants |
| 7/24/18 | Bolted lettuce |
| 7/24/18 | Rotting woody material |
| 7/25/18 | Vegetable trimmings (lots of bok choi) |
| 7/30/18 | Completed first two compost piles and began new pile |
| 7/30/18 | Dead raspberry canes (only one layer) |
| 7/30/18 | Dead lupine stocks |
| 7/30/18 | Pea plants |
| 8/1/18 | Vegetable trimmings |
Temperature Tracking |
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| DATE | TEMPERATURE |
| 7/17/18 | Started two compost piles |
| 7/17/18 | Initial temperature reading (approximately two hours after creation) was 80° F |
| 7/18/18 | At approximately 3:00pm, was at 150° F |
| 7/24/18 | Early morning, temperature was around 130° F |
| 7/25/18 | Midday, temperature around 140° F |
| 7/30/18 | Around 8:00am, temperature around 130°F |
| 7/30/18 | Started one new compost pile |
| 7/30/18 | New bin started out at 60°F |
| 8/3/18 | New bin still at 60° F; shift in weather? no addition of chicken bedding? |