In this picture I see a pile of compost and the steps the compost pile goes through to get to the end goal which can be seen towards the back of the picture. The end goal is a pile of decomposed material which is essentially fertlizer.
One striking thing I noticed in this picture was the amount of work a pile of compost has to go through to become a pile of fertlizer. In this picture you can see 4 seperate bariers before the pile at the end, this is essentially 4 seperate steps the pile in the front goes though so it can be used as fertilizer.
I think when someone looks at this picture first, they will just see the pile in the front which they will assume to be trash and won’t really see the ending result which is a compost pile. Before the vist, if I saw this picture, I would not notice the amount of work that goes into composting, I always just thought the compust pile is formed by itself by putting organic material in a pile. I did not know there were so many factors that have to be controlled sush as sunlight, moisture, temperature, ext..
When I look at this picture, I feel good to be a part of the UGA community. This garden took what was once used as barriers during war and now uses them as barriers between each stage while preventing high moisture and control temperatures. They are also essentially taking organic waste material and making it useful by practicing composting, so they can put that back into the system to get more fruitful results. I love how the UGA community practices sustanibility in every little way.
I think this picture is really about showing the work behind composting while illustrating each step in detail. Then showing the timline of composting from the first stage to the final stage. This picture also shows the variety of things that can be composted and if you really look into it — you can see that this pile does not involve animals except for egg shells. This shows that the pile is carbon heavy and nitrogen light because it is plat based.
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Thanks for your post, Harina.
You make an important distinction between perceiving “trash” and something more useful (compost). How can we work to change public perceptions of (for example) an orange peel from trash to potential soil while it’s in their hands?
-Blake
Thanks for your post, Harina.
You make an important distinction between perceiving “trash” and something more useful (compost). How can we work to change public perceptions of (for example) an orange peel from trash to potential soil while it’s in their hands?
-Blake