Jeremy Phillips

I’ve been wanting to compost at home for quite some time now but was resistant to the work, pests and smell involved in traditional composting so I did a bit of research and came across trench composting. Trench composting is a method where a trench is dug and filled with kitchen scraps, leaves, twigs, lawn clippings and the original soil. Over the course of 1-12 months it naturally decomposes and evidently results in quality topsoil. Ryan & I dug our first exploratory trench tonight and proceeded to fill it with some kitchen scraps (apple pieces, eggshells, coffee grounds), leaves and a small amount of wood chips before filling it back up.

We originally wanted to try what I call The Wild Corner of our yard but found it to be a tad bit rocky so we moved over to another corner of the yard. The ground was much less rocky and we were able to dig our mini trench without any issues. The planter box is eventually going to be filled with soil and have vegetable seedlings planted. Ryan & I built that too but I didn’t get pictures. All in all it was a fun activity to do with Ryan.