The Aerobic Digest
The Aerobic Digest 10: Biochar and red wrigglers
My compost brings all the worms to the heap, plus a deep-dive into making and using charcoal in your soil.
Pete Ashton
The Aerobic Digest
The Aerobic Digest 9: Spreading on the beds
There's something very satisfying about seeing your compost spread across the allotment, ready to feed this year's crops.
Autism
Grief and autistic burnout - 2023 was a lot
This is a 2,000 word post about the last 18 months and what happened to me during them. It contains a lot, and I thank you for your indulgence.
Art
A Ralphie in Brighton
In January we went to Brighton for a week's holiday. Usually we go to the Welsh coast for a winter break but this year we had my niece, Isobel, to stay and thought Brighton might be a bit more interesting. One evening we met up with an old
Pete History
A tale of two volcanic tourist destinations
The above aerial photo of the volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula (taken from a Kottke post) is of interest to me because, in the blue circle, is the Blue Lagoon spa, which Fi and I went to on our honeymoon in 2015. The spa is obviously closed at
The Weird
Costumes and the erasure of self
A week or so back, someone asked Nick Cave, the musician, what he thought of Nick Cave, the artist who makes "soundsuit" costumes. He said: I have admired the work of the American artist, Nick Cave, for many years. In creating his soundsuits he famously and audaciously turned
Capitalism
Systems of Interest
I haven't seen The Zone of Interest yet but I very much intend to and have been following the reviews. I particularly liked Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's discussion which included some observations from Mayo who has a prior interest in Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss'
The Aerobic Digest
The Aerobic Digest 8: Stinky heap
In which I detail how I made compost last year, share a rather eccentric 1939 booklet on compost making, and showcase some art about the acoustic study of the soil biome.
The Aerobic Digest
The Aerobic Digest 7: Back to the heaps
I got back to the allotment after some enforced rest, during which I collected a lot of cool things for you to watch and read. Scroll down for an inverted triangle.
The Aerobic Digest
The Aerobic Digest 6: A light dusting of fungal snow
In this issue: a new fugal feature film, a how-to from a Brussels kitchen garden, a vivid explanation of the soil crisis, and some beautiful mushroom watercolour paintings.
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The Aerobic Digest 5: Of rats and shrooms
Scroll down for a food scraps grinder I want to identify.
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The Aerobic Digest 4: Compost as the story of your life
Scroll down for a big question about soil contact. And another cat.