Monday, May 6, 2013
We're making compost!!!
We have been using material from the culinary arts classes (food scraps) and material from the landscaping classes (dried leaves, flower petals & stems, and used soil) to mix in and help dry out the aging kitchen scraps from earlier in the year . . . and we have begun to fill the barrels!! It's very exciting to see the hard work of these 3 programs (Welding, Culinary, & Landscaping) here at CTC come together to create usable compostable materials!! Here are 2 beautiful pictures of what our compost currently looks like (we are still adding material to it everyday) and how the barrels look when in use. Thank you so very much to the students in the welding program for their awesome handy work & creative genius. And a big thank you to Mr. Hering for giving them the time to work on it!!
Take time to notice the metal rod that goes through the barrel to help
break up and aerate the material inside the barrels. Also notice the
opening they created in the barrel and how much forethought it required
to add a metal lip to help eliminate any spillage or leakage issues. They really thought of everything. The hinges and the lock system definitely make this a high-end system that will hopefully last for many years to come.
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COOL!!
ReplyDeletethis is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteAll the thought and effort put in to this project seems to really be paying off. It's great to know that three seemingly different programs can come together, joined by one very specific project.
ReplyDeletethe rose petals were a nice touch, they don't help with the smell but since you're only using 10% of the trash it shouldn't get too bad
ReplyDeleteThe whole process was a good idea and helped us learn a lot. It also help bring classes together and have them interact when before they probably wouldn't have. It came out so nice and it was a great learning experience for everyone involved!
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