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“Compost Column” The purpose of this project was to make a comparison of two different columns using different ingredients. I made a hypothesis that two columns would decompose at a slow rate depending on the environment, heat, water, air etc. And at the end I would end up with soil in both the columns. I used several ingredients in the making of my column; I used leaves, grass clippings (fresh), and pawn water. To make …

…there was some decomposition and heat and water did make a difference. I made several mistakes during this project, that may have resulted to the column not fully decomposing. I did not put the same number of air holes in both the columns to increase the air flow, did not put the exact same amount of ingredients, and the grass dried out before I could get all of the ingredients in the column. Bibliography NA