Hornet Nest

Another nest showed up yesterday on the branch of my coffee plant, hornets do make nest here and there once a while. They sting and not deadly, just a little bump but don’t risk it by poking the nest. Usually I start a small fire to drive them away before removing the nest, by placing it further away or that little jungle nearby. You cant stop them by no point  killing them either, they are just part of the ecosystem I guess. It’s nice to watch them go about building and tendering their nest actually.

Composting

Composting is such an easy thing to do and yet many people refuse to do it because they believe compost stinks and dirty. They are so wrong and i have been composting for more than 10 years and i only use the power of the sun and rain to do it.

This is a sample of ground composting i have been using for years which i dig a huge hole about 4 feet deep and i use bricks to prevent the wall from collapsing over. I just throw whatever organic waste, grass clippings or whatever waste from my garden into this deep hole and cover it with some wood i found. Stir it once a while and after a couple of months, you can harvest the compost to fertilize your plants.

I reuse some unwanted water tanks for composting and eventually turning them into vermicompost. Just make sure there are proper outlet at the bottom for water to be released from the tanks just in case heavy rain which will drown your worms, the work force that speed up your compost bin. Lay some compost from another bin at the base as a start and put in a few worms to start this ecosystem. Add all the waste into this bin and make sure you cover it with ventilation hole at the side. Everything will start to break down and within weeks, you get new batches of compost and a big community of earth worm inside.

A new compost tank, drop by your nearest F&B outlet for some food scrap.