"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
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John McWilliams wrote in
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John Bachman wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:30:17 -0700, MajorOz
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On May 31, 9:37 am, "Bob F" wrote:
"MajorOz" wrote in message

oups.com...

Thank you all so much for the information. I am googling around
for
references for compost piles. It looks like it would be best to do
two -- one for strictly what passes for grass in the area I keep
mowed, and the other for all else, including garden culls. I
especially like the idea of solar absorption for heating the
pile(s).
Thanx again
Why would you want to separate out the grass?

Bob
Just speculating here, but:
1. Seems the grass one would decompose faster if it's just grass --
no woody stalks, etc.
2. Less likely to contain large numbers of weed seed.

Grass mats down when not mixed with other materials. I use a grass
clipping and leaves mixture when I make compost and it works just fine
with few weed seeds and good, rapid decomposition with frequent
turning.

Green grass all by itself tends to rot into a soggy mess, resembling
what dogs produce when they eat a bunch of grass. IIRC.

Maybe but at least it doesn't appear on your bedroom floor in the middle
of the night after being announced with several long and disgusting hork
noises.

Yes it does when your mutt tramps it in or goes burrowing into it looking
for some disgusting crap smelling 'treat'.

Worse still though stumbling off to the bog in the dark to find the grass
that has been recycled by said mutt somewhere in your path.

rob