I managed to create ... dirt!

At last, the stupid box started to do something useful. Yesterday my son and I decided we're not waiting any longer, and checking what's happening at the bottom of the rotting pile. To our surprise, it did contain compost. I was only brave enough to extract one bucket, but I think there's more in there. The compost is black, moist, lumpy, and almost odorless. There are some occasional twigs and chunks of wood in it, but it's mostly smooth. There was even an educational moment there, as we found an "unprocessed" candy wrapper made of plastic. I spread some of the stuff over the flower beds, but it doesn't look as natural as in US/European gardening sites: their soil is black, while ours is brown. But it'll all mix in the long run. Today I'm gonna dig for some more of that black treasure. We're also going to Haniel to rack up some dry leaves. We don't want the top of the box to become too green :)


P.S: It's true what the info-videos say: you've got to wait 3 months for a fast process, or 6 for a slow one. Ours took 6.

How boxes come to this world.

(another cute one from Emil)