The Ongoing Saga of a Suburban Homestead: Making Compost Tea

Brew for two days (then pour or spray on plants as much as you’d like)

Equipment (mostly manufactured from petroleum, but you know…):

Handful of finished compost and water

5 gallon bucket

Aquarium bubbler (bubbler, tubing, check valve, stone)

Piece of teashirt

Stick

Molasses

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The stone

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The bucket, the stick, the tea shirt, the compost, the tubing

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The bubbler

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The complete setup

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The bubbles

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Breakfast goodies for the microorganisms