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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Steve Martin, of Columbia Compost, explains the compost-making process to DHS students
Steve Martin demonstrates the use of a front loader to stir compost at the Columbia Compost site on Eager Road north of Dayton. The pile he is stirring is approximately one month old, Martin said. The pile to the left is about two weeks old.
DAYTON – On Monday, ag students from Dayton High School took a quick trip to the Columbia Compost facility a mile north of Dayton, on Eager Road.
There, Steve Martin, Columbia Compost's owner-operator, explained to the students the process for turning yard waste into compost for use as a soil ammendment.
To begin with, he explained, yard waste must be ground up, so it's dense enough to allow bacteria to feed, but loose enough to allow oxygen to circulate. Then water must be added – not too little, and not too much.
Most years, rainwater is collected in a pond at the site and then is pumped to...
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