This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in
Gardening.
Ruth Stout heavily mulched her gardens. Instead of putting scraps in a
compost pile, tuck them in/under/on your
mulch to directly
feed the soil.
Mother Earth News story about Ruth's methods
To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- Start with two areas that have already been mulched (or mulch two places)
- Collect two 5 gallon buckets of kitchen scraps
- open a spot in the mulch for the kitchen scraps
- plop one
bucket of kitchen scraps in a spot so that the material will not touch desirable plants
- cover the kitchen scraps with existing mulch or new mulch
- repeat in another spot for second bucket
To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
- a photo of the bucket of kitchen scraps next to the opened mulch
- a photo of the empty bucket and the new mound of mulch
- repeat for second bucket
- describe the volume of your bucket(s) and how full they were
Clarifications:
- if you collect food scraps in smaller quantities it's fine to do more buckets that are smaller as long as they add up to 10 gallons