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The rock pile collected for the Critter-Proof Composter at YMCA Camp Mason, in Hardwick, N.J.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thank you to everyone who responded to our call for people to test-drive the manual for the Critter-Proof Composter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have picked five testers, all wanting to build for different reasons, all in different stages of completion.<\/p>\n

So far, rocks have been collected, forms have been built, concrete has been poured. April has not been a cooperative month for concrete work so far, but we’re optimistic that within two weeks we’ll have finished bins to report on.<\/p>\n

Steve Tuey is a contractor, based near Rossland, B.C.<\/strong>, who wants to add the composter to his product line this summer. Laurie and I were thrilled to get his initial response to the manual: “Very nice work.\u00a0 This must have taken a bit of time to create. Really professional.”<\/p>\n

So far he’s been able to build the forms inside, and reports:\u00a0 \u201call the plans to this point work fine. It took two guys working steady with tools prescribed for nine hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erin McPhee lives in White Rock, B.C.<\/strong>, 40 miles south of Vancouver. She would like to compost but doesn\u2019t want to bring back the rodent problem that existed when her family first moved into their house. She knew about the composter in part because her sister Heather lives in Wildwood and has one of Laurie\u2019s original composters, As Erin says, Heather \u201craves about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erin\u2019s at the stage of preparing ground and gathering rocks. Her husband Doug will be building the forms.<\/p>\n

The bonus? Because she\u2019s an hour\u2019s drive away, I\u2019ll be able to visit and see how it goes.<\/p>\n

James Zeman, in Central Texas,<\/strong> only has raccoons to contend with, but he wants a good-looking composter, and loves the look of this one.<\/p>\n

Diana Taylor lives near the Vermont New Hampshire<\/strong> border. She wants to build a stone house, and is looking for a smaller project to learn on. Diana is waiting for better weather to begin.<\/p>\n

Dan Egan, a Naturalist at Camp Mason, a YMCA camp in western New Jersey<\/a>,<\/strong> was looking for ways to reduce waste at the camp, without encouraging visits from the local black bears, \u201cthe largest problem with compost in New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right now, Dan is closest to completion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome April wet weather has been hindering progress on the composter but progress regardless is being made,\u201d he wrote two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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Forms under construction at Camp Mason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLast week, we assembled the forms, and placed rocks and poured concrete for the compost adjacent to our camp’s vegetable garden. We had to tarp it for the past four days during the rains but I just began this morning taking the forms apart. It looks nice but we still have work to do mixing and mortaring the four faces, building and pouring the concrete for the top and finishing up with the doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, so good.<\/p>\n

What happens next?<\/p>\n

Once we\u2019ve had a few successful builds, I\u2019ll collate whatever improvements our testers suggest and pass them on to Marla Britton, the design part of our team.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll incorporate them into the Critterproof Composter Manual 2.0.<\/p>\n

Then, at last, we\u2019ll be able to offer a download of the manual for sale.<\/p>\n

Would you like to know as soon as it\u2019s available?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then add your name and email to our mailing list. (Look for the box in the upper right-hand corner of the page.) It’s easy and free, and you will receive no spam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you to everyone who responded to our call for people to test-drive the manual for the Critter-Proof Composter.<\/p>\n

We have picked five testers, all wanting to build for different reasons, all in different stages of completion.<\/p>\n

So far, rocks have been collected, forms have been built, concrete has been poured. 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