How to set up a compost center, Do's and Donts(maintainence), How to Harvest the compost.

2. C Garden
• A way to make Wet/Organic Waste to use
• A Natural Processes of Composting
• A medium to reduce carbon emission
• Easy to set up and monitor the composting
processes

3. Composting
How to do it yourself?

4. Contents
• How to set up a C Garden (Compost Garden)
• How to manage a Compost Bed
• How to harvest the Compost
• How to use the Compost

5. How to Set up a C Garden
a compost garden
• Compost Bed options
- For a Community
- How to set up a Cement Ring Compost Bed
- How to set up a Rectangular Compost Bed
(8ft length,4 width and 2.5ft height) bed with
Bamboo poles and steel sheets
- At Home

6. Compost Bed options
What Where Capacity/ Estimated Estimated Advantage
volume Cost Time
Circular bed Community 31.4cu ft Rs 1000 30 Min Easy to set
up
Rectangular Community 60cu ft Rs 1800 1.15 Hrs Easy to mix
beds the compost
Khamba Home 30 – 50 kg 10 Mins For small
capacity

7. Composting in Community
It’s a circular bed used for composting at a large scale
Circular Compost Bed

8. Why
• The circular cement rings are easily available
at a low cost
• The rings are easy to set up

9. Advantages and Disadvantages of
Cement Bed
Advantages
Can be used for composting on a medium scale
large scale.
• Easy to set up
• Low cost
Disadvantage
• Tilling Problem due to small space and big height
• Transportation Problem
• Monitor Problem

10. Materials Needed
• Cemented circular rings (2ft radius , 2.5ft
height)
• Rake

11. Cement Bed
• Place the cemented circular rings one over the
other

12. How to place the Cement Ring
2ft radius
R3 2.5 ft
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R1
Composting bed Surface
area

13. Composting in Community
Rectangular Compost bed

14. What
It’s a rectangular shape bed for composting

15. Why
In a rectangular bed it is easy to mix the
compost compared to when in a circular bed

16. Materials Needed
• Instead of using cement, use steel sheets plus
bamboos sticks for the support of rectangular
bed.
• Tools Needed: Hammer and punch, Cutting
plier, Crowbar, Rake, thin steel wire

17. Steel Sheets Bamboo sticks

18. Steel Wire
Hammer

19. How to do it
Step:1 Identify the location to set up the bed ,
Were the resources are freely transferable.
Step:2 Level that area by digging (or) spreading a layer of soil

20. • Mark the dimensions of the bed on the ground
using measuring a tape. (8Lx4wx3 cu ft)

21. • Put the markings for bamboos at regular
intervals (2ft apart) on the ground

22. Dig a deep hole with a
crowbar to put the
bamboos
Check if all the bamboos
are on the same
alignment and height.

23. • Put a mark on the steel sheet with a marker
for inserting the wire to be tied to the
bamboo sticks
• Create a hole at the marked place on the steel
sheet with a nail and hammer

24. • Put the steel sheet in place with the bamboo
sticks kept outside and tie it up (with the help
of the wire) to the bamboos

25. • When the bed is ready, fill half of the bed with
the waste (garden and kitchen waste)
• Water it properly
• Shift it to other side of the bed on the next
day and so on for better mixing

26. Metal Type
8ft(L)
2ft 2ft 2ft 2ft
2.5 ft (H) 2ft 2ft 2ft
Bamboo In side the ground (1.5 )
Metal sheet
Bamboo sticks
Composting bed
area

27. Composting at Home
Gamla Khamba
• Can be done in a simple “Gamla” or in a
“Khamba”
• Approximate Capacity: 30 – 50 kg
• For more details refer: www.dailydump.org

28. How to manage a Compost Bed

29. Do’s

30. Don'ts

31. Some Specific Task
• Appoint a person for carrying out the below daily
composting activities and give him/her the required
training
a. Spend 15-30 minutes everyday for the upkeep of the
compost beds at a fixed time in the day

32. b. Carry out key tasks like
1. Ensuring right moisture level by watering
2. Tilling the compost pile at least twice a week (Wed &
Sat)
3. Shred larger pieces of waste before placing in
compost bed
4. Keep the compost bed and surrounding area clean
and tidy
5. Harvest the compost when ready

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34. How to harvest the Compost

35. • Indications that the compost is ready:
- There should not be any smell
- Compost should not stick to
hands
- The contents turn into uniform black
brown color

36. Sieve the dried raw manure with the help of a
mesh and the final manure is ready to use

37. Manure ready to use

38. How to use the Compost

39. Use the compost in gardens or fields
Mix soil and compost manure equal quantity
(Fifty-Fifty)

40. Mixing of compost
with red soil

41. Garden pots with and without manure
Without
Manure
With
Manure

42. Nourishment from Compost

43. So what do you want to choose??