Decomposition

September
9/23/2010
 * Just assembled and started the layer
 * Soils Not very compacted
 * more green than brown/dirt color
 * reaches to the top of the eco-column layer
 * dosen't smell like anything

October
10/7/10


 * The green color of leaves is mostly faded


 * all the leaves and organic materials are starting to look more like dirt and theyre getting seperated


 * everything is getting more compacted

10/18/10


 * green color is totally gone


 * leaves crumbled with everything else besides sticks


 * The layer only reaches about 2/3 the way to to the top of the bottle instead of to the top

December
12/7/10


 * Not much of a difference from october


 * Smells worse then it used to and thats about it

January
1/6/11


 * Smell is worse than last month


 * Everything is still about the same, i think it's too hard to see the material decomposing because it's such a suttle change

March
3/23/2011


 * Smells really bad


 * dark brown/black color


 * the whole thing looks like normal dirt


 * only a couple sticks left in the layer and that's it

May
5/24/11
 * Smells still really bad but hasn't got any smellier
 * All the material is really fine grained and its looks like normal dirt
 * A couple sticks is the only thing that hasn't gotten fully decomposed