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The compost heap
Keep the microbe booster and chaff separate, and make a third item by mixing two parts microbe booster and one part rice chaff (“mixture”).
Ingredients in a compost heap are put down in layers, much like making lasagna. Each layer in the heap is about five centimeters (two inches) thick. First put down a layer of rice chaff as a foundation. On that, put a layer of mixture, and then a layer of food scraps. After a total of seven layers each of mixture and scraps, the heap is topped with a layer of microbe booster and finally a layer of rice chaff.
Cooked food is best kept as a separate layer and put in the middle of the heap; extra microbe booster is required to handle the additional moisture. Put down the ingredients loosely; do not compact the heap because air is an important ingredient in composting. Lin noted that the chaff sucks excess moisture out of the scraps.
After a heap is made in a container, the container is left uncovered. The batch number and date are noted on a slip of paper that stays in a clear plastic pocket near the brim of the container. Leave the container in a place where air circulates easily. Now that the sowing is done, all one needs to do is wait for the harvesting.
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