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Where does a city boy get compost?
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On 29 Mar 2004 06:13:24 -0800, wrote: I have my compost bin out in the back but i only really filled it up just as it froze last fall. So i'm not expecting to have a whole lot ready for this year. Even if everything in there composted instantly it still wouldn't be much. I have a new garden plot (grown one season of veggies so far) that is pretty much clay with the small amount of topsoil i dumped on it last year. All the advice i've got is to dig a lot of compost into this plot. So where does a city bound veggie gardener get compost? People have suggested a few places - here's a few mo Thanks to everyone for the replies. 1. Does your city have an industrial composting program yet? The City of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) does, and you can take away as much compost as you can shovel into your vehicle from the pick up point at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Turns our my city (Waterloo, Ontario) is giving out free compost and mulch to residents on a particular weekend in May. Bring your own container and up to X bushels per person. Can't remember exactly what X is. And since i originally posted this i've recieved a bunch of spring flyers advertizing the soil/mulch/compost in bulk or yard bags from miscellanous companies. Last year trucks could easily drive through and undeveloped field and dump stuff right at the end of my backyard. That's how i got my first yardbag of soil. It was easy to move it the few yards to the garden with a wheelbarrow. But recently someone started development of part of that area and now trucks cannot get to my backyard. Having stuff dumped on the driveway is the only option. I'm the middle unit of a 3 unit townhouse with a really long, skinny backyard. My garden is 200 feet from the driveway. That would be a long trip especially since it requires going around neighbours. Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle. I guess i'm just screwed :-) |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Gary Woods wrote: wrote: Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. I was going to suggest that it's time to shop around for a new house with a big yard. ;-) Steve |
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Gary Woods wrote: wrote: Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle You need one of those big plywood garden carts with the bicycle wheels to move large amounts of stuff. They're pricy, but shop around. I was going to suggest that it's time to shop around for a new house with a big yard. ;-) Steve |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
My garden is 200 feet from the driveway. That would be a long trip especially since it requires going around neighbours. Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle. I guess i'm just screwed :-) No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
My garden is 200 feet from the driveway. That would be a long trip especially since it requires going around neighbours. Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle. I guess i'm just screwed :-) No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
My garden is 200 feet from the driveway. That would be a long trip especially since it requires going around neighbours. Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle. I guess i'm just screwed :-) No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
My garden is 200 feet from the driveway. That would be a long trip especially since it requires going around neighbours. Even if i do find a good source, getting it to the garden will always be a hassle. I guess i'm just screwed :-) No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
shazzbat wrote:
No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) If you do that, be sure to have someone unsuspecting wandering out in the yard when they dump the manure. A video tape of a load of manure falling out of the sky on someone is sure to fetch big bucks. Maybe even enough to pay for the helicopter delivery. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html |
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Where does a city boy get compost?
shazzbat wrote:
No, helicopter it in with one of those dumping arrangements. :-)) If you do that, be sure to have someone unsuspecting wandering out in the yard when they dump the manure. A video tape of a load of manure falling out of the sky on someone is sure to fetch big bucks. Maybe even enough to pay for the helicopter delivery. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html |
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