Project Setbacks and Solutions

Unfortunately, we don't have any soil that we can use yet.  In fact, it appeared that our Rocket only wanted to spit out woodchips for us.  Luckily, we were able to get a man from Food Waste Experts (the sellers of The Rocket) to service our Rocket.

We now know how to properly work the rocket!

First off, a mysterious plug that was chewed up by a groundhog was important to the Rocket...  It powers the fan so that the excess gasses can be vented out.

We also found out that we need an equal part of woodchips for the food we put in.  Basically a one for one ratio.  We got some woodchips, however...  They're all wet.  So we need to get those all dry...

We also found out a "recipe" to "reset" the rocket.  Three times a day, we need to feed the rocket compost, food, and woodchips.  After this, the rocket should be ready to take food and woodchips to give us soil.

It appears that the two of us, along with the occasional student, do not make enough food for the Rocket to truly work.  The food is basically turning into dust inside the dry machine.

We have plans to fix this though!  We're making a call to action:  More food, and more often!  Every day we need a bunch of food, almost three times what we've been putting in just by ourselves.  We need a working woodchipper so we can get ourselves dry woodchips!  We need a hose for water access and to clean the drainer, we need a pitchfork and shovel for our piles, and we need a place to cure what the rocket spits out.

It feels as though we've taken one step forward and ten steps back, but I believe we can do it, all together, with the help of lots of people on campus!  We need food from everyone, and we need to recruit more people.  I believe with hard work, we can really get this going!