Dan L. wrote:
songbird wrote:
Dan L. wrote:
...

hi Dan (and everyone else ),


I have put some woody materials in the compost pile and they
break
down quickly. Some woody materials like rose bush clipping
never
break down! Just like on page 34.
....
I currently use open piles. I may construct several wire
bins.
I wish I had "Let it Rot" long ago. I switched to burying
woody
materials after reading "Gais Garden".

ah, i should have read ahead. hehe,


When I learn something new - I call it a good day - Today was
a
good
day!

ditto! finally a sunny afternoon for gardening. beauty
of a day to get some weeding done.


songbird (also in MI, up in the Saginaw Valley plain).

The technique for burying woody materials is called
"Hugelkulture".
http://hubpages.com/hub/Hugelkultur-...-in-Composting

ah! i didn't think there was a name for it and it
is not a woodland area they are buried in. basically
i just dug a trench, put some wood in, layered some
dirt on top, then another layer of wood, and then more
dirt, no mushrooms yet, but i'll expect some this fall
and next spring, a lot of it already was partly decayed
and had some fungi underneath it when we moved it.


That makes four here, that I know are from Michigan.
I will let you discover who they are

i've already seen a few fly by.


songbird