Pete Ashton / is on Nostr

Stirchley, Birmingham UK. Member of loaf.coop. Keeper of rabbits. Middle-aged autistic diagnosis. Very interested in composting.

Me: http://peteashton.com
Blog / Newsletter: https://72.peteashton.com
Composting newsletter: https://the.aerobicdigest.email
My coop: http://loaf.coop

Last Notes

2024-10-02 23:51:08

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I read that post as “we set this up using our standard systems and they are definitely not right for this, so we’re going to have to figure out a different system that fits and that’ll take a while, but we’ll get there.” But I’m just watching and enjoying the messy honesty of these posts, not necessarily understanding the details.

2024-09-19 18:27:05

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T-shirt from here: https://sineater.bigcartel.com/product/soil-wizard-charcoal #compostodon

2024-09-19 18:26:41

Birthday haul.
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/165/624/748/272/732/original/538fd2b6c6e53b71.jpeg
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/165/624/946/147/909/original/30783c7fe7f06921.jpeg

2024-09-04 22:00:45

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I’m a big fan of Edible Acres’ chicken composting videos. Very thorough and always experimenting. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihFHKqj6JerKruLfMcxdNKDRHkGxgwwz

2024-05-19 00:10:28

The Aerobic Digest 13 is out!
https://72.peteashton.com/the-aerobic-digest-13/
In this issue of my #composting newsletter, a big move of the heaps into the shade begins, and a curious piece of plastic is found.
#compost #compostodon #permaculture

2024-05-18 20:21:36

Timelapse of me decanting a very wormy #compost heap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwn1JbvZ43g
8x speed. I started filling this heap in late December 2023, filled it by the start of March 2024, turned it on 10 April and in this video am decanting it on top of the previous batch so it can mature for a couple more months. And also free up the bay for the next heap.
#compostodon #permaculture

2024-05-06 10:38:14

The Aerobic Digest #12 is out!
In this month's composting newsletter: understanding the thermic phases, recording the sounds made by the bugs in the compost heap. Plus three songs about worms.
https://72.peteashton.com/the-aerobic-digest-12/
#compost #compostodon #permaculture

2024-04-30 18:47:12

In further experiments in recording what's happening inside my #compost heaps, I stuck some microphones in all four of them today and uploaded the results. It's... interesting maybe? You can certainly hear the worms in the second one. Need to refine the process I think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFqW6rUjfM
#compostodon #composting

2024-03-22 13:54:08

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With Birmingham UK effectively bankrupt and threatening to sell all our community buildings (libraries, etc) people have been registering a lot of them as assets of community value. See https://savebirmingham.org/

2024-03-22 10:25:33

Landlord has a derelict building, community enterprise takes it on peppercorn rent, fixes it up and runs a pay-what-you-can restaurant employing feeding the community and employing 22 people. With the building now fixed up, landlord evicts community enterprise and sells building.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/22/radical-pay-what-you-can-restaurant-faces-eviction-from-mill-it-refurbished
This could be easily avoided if derelict and unused buildings were simply confiscated from landlords and given to the community. They should have no rights of ownership here.