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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Composter
  • Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:56:56 -0500

For those who might be remotely interested in the topic, I found out the
composter that triggered my interest actually has a web site!

http://ccctmontreal.jimdo.com/


I am in touch with the people who designed it, and those who now operate
it. It's a bit more involved than I was expecting. I am pondering how
I could make the design simpler and cheaper to build. If this project
ever see the light of day, I will write up a blog post with pictures.

Cheers, and Happy Christmas everyone!

Etienne



On 11-12-20 02:26 PM, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> In a park in Montréal, I recently a pretty interesting device. A
> closed-vessel composter, similar to commercial ones, but made out of
> black culvert pipe, about 20' long. The culvert pipe was resting on
> wheel, I presume to make it "rollable". It had a gentle downward slope,
> which I presume had the material tumble down a little with every turn.
> Overall, it looked kinda like an oversized domestic compost "tumbler".
> Sorry, I do not have pictures.
>
> I was wondering if anybody have ever built such a thing for a market
> garden. In my case, I do not produce enough garden waste to produce
> pile big enough that would heat and compost nicely. My waste for 2011
> fits in a 4'x4'x16' wooden frame. Because the organic waste accumulate
> slowly, it never really got hot. The top tends to dry out and it is a
> pain to turn. I would like to find a better system, and a closed vessel
> looks like a good solution. This composting "tube" made of large
> culvert pipe sounds ideal: feed fresh organic matters on the high end as
> they become available, turn every day, and get compost out of the low
> end every couple of weeks.
>
> Beside, how is every one dealing with on-farm composting at a
> small-scale? A big pile, a composting vessel, something else entirely?
> Your experience would be much welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Etienne
>






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