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Compost: what to observe from ingredients to maturity
Educational slides by Ingham on monitoring composting.
Material copyright notice:
The publication’s focus
The presentation organizes composting around starting materials, organisms, temperature, water and turning. [1]
The central message
It emphasizes process monitoring and connects maturity with the absence of reheating after turning. [1]
Questions for practice
For learning purposes, we can organize an observation sheet for each pile: materials, date, temperatures, actions and photographs. Discussion can then follow the development of that particular material.
Reading the source
Supplementary educational material outside the original list. The year 2008 is the copyright notice on the slides.
Sources and references
- Ingham, E. R. Compost. Educational slide presentation, Rodale Institute. Slides carry a 2008 copyright notice; the presentation event date is unspecified. Original publication and study record