{"id":10564,"date":"2025-02-05T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=10564"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:20:29","slug":"revival-of-the-compost-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2025\/02\/05\/revival-of-the-compost-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Revival of the Compost Bin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-bag-of-worms.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-bag-of-worms-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10565\" \/><\/a>In the post on <a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2025\/01\/31\/imbolc-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Imbolc Weekend<\/a>, I mentioned that our compost bin needed rejuvenation by virtue of a new bag of worms. I ordered 500 wrigglers from <a href=\"https:\/\/unclejimswormfarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uncle Jim&#8217;s Worm Farm<\/a> at that time; today, the worms arrived and I followed the recommended instructions to introduce them to the heap within the bin. I assume that they are happily getting busy with their program of converting our compost items into <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenmadesimple.com\/what-is-vermicast-and-how-to-use-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">vermicast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When we replaced our old compost bin with this one, I predicted that it, also, wouldn&#8217;t last very long in Arizona, like it&#8217;s predecessor, but it has hung in there for nearly 10 years now. Here&#8217;s a photo of the bin then and now: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10571\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205-compost-bin-then-and-now-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the lid is a little warped and needs to be secured with a bungee, but the ol&#8217; bin is still doing its job of keeping the compost heap, worms, castings and soil contained within. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the post on Imbolc Weekend, I mentioned that our compost bin needed rejuvenation by virtue of a new bag of worms. I ordered 500 wrigglers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,10,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-environment","category-home-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10564"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10577,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10564\/revisions\/10577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}