The large Mantis composter has been fixed and is ready for use again! While swapping out parts, we found a few things that just don't seem to break down well... spoons and knives, for example. Plastic bags, even "compostable" ones, also don't compost in our non-industrial system. Please refrain from trying to compost bags and/or flatware in the future.
We also removed and drained the hoses to store for winter and raked up a bunch of leaves for the "dry material" bin.
Think about spending one of these short, gorgeous fall days cleaning up your plot for next season, maybe even planting some fall crops.
Photo from flickr user "life is good (pete)."
