• Compost juice is harvested from the water below the coolseats garden bed and stored in the transparent pipe along side the bed where a tap can be turned on to get the juice
by
Lauren Ryan, intern with Sustainable House.
Fruits and vegetables hold about half their weight in water.
So, when we compost our food waste, what happens to that water? Most compost bins don’t store or harvest compost juice. Most let all that compost juice leak out and waste to the soil underneath. Any that do harvest juice can stain a pavement underneath - but not coolseats!
• Extract from Sustainable Food
Coolseats collect all the compost juice at the bottom and include a spout on the back where the juice can overflow from. This allows us to collect the compost juice. One way to collect it is by setting a clear container under the spout, which will allow you to see when the contiering is full of juice.
Another way to collect the compost juice is to attach a clear tube to the spout and run it along the length of the coolseat. Then, attach a tap to the open end of the tube.
Now you're probably wondering why we want to collect the compost juice. This juice is extremely nutrient dense and can act as a fertilizer to help your flowers, herbs, and fruits, and vegetables grow big and strong!
Compost juice is liquid gold! So I don't let a drop go to waste, like my alcohol :)
Cheers,
Lauren Ryan, Intern with Sustainable House and Coolseats