My Claytons Compost post was runner up in the Sustainable Gardener Award in the Grow It Local Awards. Last year, I won first prize in the Best Veggie Patch Name category.
Sustainable Gardener Award entry:
How to Set Up a Claytons Compost in a Tiny Courtyard Garden:
šŖ±Take a discarded worm farm from council clean up and save it from landfill.
šŖ“ Squeeze it in a shaded spot in your tiny courtyard garden.
āļø Set it up with a layer of cardboard from a delivery box, spent coffee grounds from your coffee machine and a handful of worms from your other worm farm.
šFeed it *exclusively* from the garden: garden trimmings, off cuts of herbs, leafy veg that arenāt fit to consume, chopped up veg that some critter has claimed, dry leaves for browns, you get the idea.
š© Harvest black gold and put it back in the garden.
ā»ļøItās a cyclical closed loop system that Iām calling the Claytons Compost: Itās the compost you have when you donāt have a compost.
Why Claytons? Anyone remember the Claytons ad from the 80s with Jack Thompson in a bar having a non-alcoholic drink, āthe drink you have when you’re not having a drinkā?
Sustainable gardening in small spaces is about getting creative with new ideas and in true Aussie spirit (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), giving them a go.
Here are the judge’s comments on my entry:
Corinneās entry shows that itās possible to create your own compost even in a tiny courtyard. Creating your own compost is an important step in gardening more sustainably as itās taking food and garden waste that would otherwise have been taken off-site and making it into something valuable for your garden, all through the forces of nature. I also love how Corinne inspires by sharing tips on how together started.ā
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