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Old 07-09-2005, 05:02 PM
sherman sherman is offline
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Default Turf compost bin?

Hello all, great site!

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did a number of searches here and didn't find anything directly relevant.

I'm stripping the turf off an area approx. 90ft by 20ft.

I was thinking of stacking my turves to make loam, when a thought occurred to me: why not build a compost bin using the stacked turves as walls? This way I'd get some use out of the turves, and would have a compost bin in situ for the next 12 months while waiting for the turves to rot down.

Is this a good idea or are there pitfalls with this plan? Any input would be greatly appreciated!