"FarmI" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote:
"FarmI" wrote:
"Sheldon" wrote:
C" wrote:
Sheldon" wrote:
Worms die during summer, that's ridiculous.

Its gets very hot here in Summer in Melbourne, Australia. About 42C....
that's about 120F?

In what's essentially desert composting is a waste of time.
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Sheldon you moron, Melbourne is a major Australian city in a temperate
climate. ?Think Los Angeles rather than Las Vegas and you might get the
picture.

You're the moron. �Most of LA county is essentially desert, the ground
holds little moisture (C-ment rivers), it's primarily sand and rock.
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Snort! You obviously failed to notice that between your 'desert' comment and
my 'moron' comment there was a post from "Laura at the garden pages" who
lives in California and makes compost.

Why should believe and who cares anyway.

And even in rock and sand, it is still possible to make compost and improve
the soil. �In fact even in desert, it's possible to still improve the soil
and make compost. �It's just a lot harder than in temperate zones

I lived in S, Cal for a number of years (6), it's near impossible to
compost sucessfully, too hot, too arid/dry... and why bother, hardly
anyone has a home veggie garden anyway. People tend to grow what
grows there naturally whether cared for or not; avocado, persimmon,
fig, date, citrus, etc... but the native plants are primarilly
succulents/cacti, and need no compost... they do just fine on dry
alkaline marl, and not only need little water, overwatering is a
detriment. Precipitation
is generally low in S. Cal, when it does precipatation is extremely
heavy but of relatively short duration. The ground absorbs very
little moisture (it can't), most becomes run off and causes
disasterous erosion. All the time I lived in S. Cal I never saw an
earthworm, not a one. Wherever there is artificial landscaping there
topsoil is trucked in at great expense. Composting in such an arid
biome as S. Cal is a total waste because any lush landscaping there is
absolutely artificial. Everything in S. Cal is artificial anyway
including the people.