Blattus Slafaly wrote:
kT wrote:
Blattus Slafaly wrote:
kT wrote:
RichD wrote:
The local grocery has a compost recycle bin,
for food scraps etc. Even the plates and utensils
go in there.

I was wondering, what constitutes 'composting'?
I mean, does it simply get dumped into a big grinder,
or is there some enzymatic chemistry involved?

And who/how/where receives it? Is it really
superior to petrochemical fertilizer, or is it
guilty conscience liberal feelgoodism?

That's an excellent question, actually.

There are two methods of compost, both work fine. The object is to
keep the kitchen scraps out of the dry garbage, it smells terrible
and make sorting it almost impossible, although most recyclers do
the sorting for you now, so even that isn't a adequate excuse for
not recycling anymore.

The first method is to simply bury the compost in rich dark soil, or
even sand works. In this case nature just runs its course, although
in sand the ants do most of the work. Gotta love those ants.

Only IDIOTS use herbicides and pesticides.

The second preferred method is to mix the compost with leaves and
grass ABOVE GROUND in a geometry where the innoculant (some soil for
instance) can spread through the mix, and raise the heat in the
center of the pile to a high enough temperature where the plant
material can break down quicker, and only beneficial gases are
produced. As you will quickly see an entire civilization of bugs and
insects and worms and bacteria will quickly take charge of the
situation and do most of the work for you.

All you have to do is turn over and mix the pile every once and a
while.


You can also have your bowel movements in a potty and dump it into
the compost pile.

Sure you can, if you want to RUIN your compost.

Human crap is good for composting.

But not in a traditional plant material composting bin.

It requires a special composting toilet, and can only really be used on
orchard trees, even then it's iffy without further deactivation (aging).