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from Gary Woods contains these words:
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:

But, provided that the compost
heap gets rained on, or is otherwise watered on occasion, you can
leave natural processes to do the dilution

And unless the compost heap is very small, it's hard to imagine the ammonia
wouldn't get promptly "eaten" by the relatively large mass of organic
material there. My compost heaps this time of year are heavy on the brown,
as in leaves, and I've never noticed a problem, despite my best efforts,
occasionally helped by Mr. Guinness and Mr. Bass.

H^H^H^H^H^elp! I may have to think about putting a standpipe down by my
compost heap as I recently bought two carboys.

The contents of the first to be used are bubbling to a standstill, and I
haven't got enough bottles for ten gallons of strong stout. I suppose I
could keep feeding it until I do......

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