How to make a Johnson Su Bioreactor out of a chemical tote with Cory Miller from Grass Valley Farm

[@jtc_adventure]

Love this!

[@peopleoftheplants]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

[@rdraffkorn3184]

I live in Texas. it's really hot here in the summers. I've been fighting problems with my compost systems over heating and drying out for years. I've seen every video i can find on the Johnson-Su process and i can't directly reproduce his system like you have there. So i've split my process into two steps. The thermophilic part i do out in the regular compost pile where the heat can do it's part. And then i bring that material into the shaded , relatively cooler, area where the outdoor (half barrel sized) worm bins are located. Then the worms can do their thing for a number of months where i can keep an eye on them; temperature, extra food etc. So far my plants have been the best they've ever been. And i'm starting to work with neighbors to better feed their plants. Improves the sense of community too.

[@peopleoftheplants]

I love this! Thank you for sharing your process with others who might need this information.

[@FlakeyPM]

"We’ll be getting the finished compost under the microscope in January. " Did I miss it?

[@peopleoftheplants]

No! I did! Life happened. But since you are interested, I’ll get it looked at soon.

[@John-hu9bo]

@@peopleoftheplants Could you share some updates about it?

[@partidaportet27]

Have you ever thought of adding some flour to build fungal mass?

[@peopleoftheplants]

No, that sounds interesting. How does that work?

[@heatherjolly8389]

I wish I had more time/effort to collect more materials from my community. Being a homeschool/part time work from home parent does suck up a decent amount of time!

[@peopleoftheplants]

I have dreams of collecting all the waste in my community and making huge piles of compost but the reality is working with 2 children is already a lot! The good news is this is compact and it took us half a day to collect it all and another half a day to mix. Leave it for a year and you’ve got enough to feed acres with extract.