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Paragon Compost System – The Walls Are Poured
July 5th, 2010 by peter
Last week, the walls to our newest Paragon Compost System were poured. For those of us who do not have a great deal of concrete experience, it is a fairly laborious process to set up the forms and make sure that everything is ready to receive concrete. It’s too late once the trucks arrive, so [...]
Paragon – Holes and Posts
June 22nd, 2010 by peter
It has been an unsually wet spring here in Snohomish, Washington and between the pervasive rainfall, a case of bronchitis, and planned horse trips into the back country; it has taken quite a long time to get our Paragon System up and out of the ground. But despite all of the delays, we have recently made a [...]
Paragon Site Preparation
May 10th, 2010 by peter
May 4 / Day 2
You may have heard that it rains in the Pacific Northwest, and this week it has been doing just that – Raining (with a capital “R”).
On Tuesday, May 4th we placed a rock layer on the base of the excavation to provide a stable surface on which to pour the concrete [...]
Paragon System Breaks Ground
May 5th, 2010 by peter
May 1 / Day 1
We are excited to announce the first O2Compost Paragon System broke ground on Saturday, May 1, following two years of discussions and a full year of design and planning. The Paragon (ideal) Compost System is a combined effort between O2Compost and Barn Pros, the preeminent wood barn kit company in the [...]
Student Grants at Work!
April 12th, 2010 by peter
O2Compost awarded two grants in 2009. Justin Heavey, an environmental studies major at State University of New York – Syracuse campus (and member of the Green Campus Initative) was featured in our March Newsletter. Visit the link below to watch a video about the SUNY compost project:
ESF Green Campus Initiative
New System in Vermont
April 28th, 2009 by peter
Birdseye Building Company has just completed this beautiful O2Compost system for one of their clients. It was designed to compliment an adjacent horse barn and manage the manure and bedding from two draft horses.
Visit the Birdseye Building website to learn more about<distributed raman amplifier their services.