see comments below
>>On what we call making compost tea,
I don't think it's too late to rename it. We all understand what
we're talking about, but I have talked with many people unfamiliar with it,
at farm markets, fairs, events, who assume what Bob suggests: "brewing"
implies a heating/cooking process, as in making coffee, tea for drinking,
etc, so they immediately get a wrong picture of what's
happening.
"Aerated compost tea" is a much more appropriate
description, so that's what I suggest (and sometimes you might warm the
water to 70-80 degrees F...). We want both aerated compost and the process
is one of aeration... Oxygen is critical to the process and to the soil,
per Elaine's note today, aerobic critters are what we are after...
"Aerator" seems as easy as "brewer" and is, after all, what the machine is
doing. It just seems more straightforward and supportive of
more people getting it sooner, which I see as an important and worthwhile
goal.<<
I like "aerated
compost tea" and "aerator." I think "compost tea" is a term that is too
engrained in gardening culture to change--non-aerated tea has been in
existence forever. It's the aeration that makes this stuff
worthwhile. "Tea aerator" as opposed to "tea brewer" provides a much
clearer picture of the process.
Susan
Cruver
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