Bob F wrote:

Jim wrote:
the people who have figured out composting
are way ahead in the sporting event known as gardening and their
carry over knowledge resulting from their understanding of how
there is life in that compost pile enables them to have the better
healthier lawns through allowing all living things to work in
harmony with one another.

I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown compost over
a lawn. Any suggestions?

Bob

Bob, it is the knowledge of what is going on in a home
grown compost pile and that knowledge of how life in the
compose pile allows lawn lovers to keep life in the soil
underneath their lawn so as to improve the natural health
of the lawn I was speaking of.

traditionally speaking most home compost piles get moved
onto the garden in the fall and then cut into the soil.
sometimes some of the compost ends up in flower beds or
flower pots.

the lawn naturally produces the compose best suited for
its needs. they are called grass clippings. mulching
mowers do a one or two fold better job of returning these
clippings to the lawn than do side discharge mowers. the
concept itself works best when the lawn is cut on a frequent
and regular schedule meaning we are reducing the amount of
grass being removed by the mowing process. infrequent mowing
will generate more clippings than the lawn can handle and
produce the result of thatch build up which in and of itself
procreates a host of other devastating problems for the lawn.
people who are not willing to mow twice a week instead of once
a week will usually receive no great benefit from a mulching
mower.

as for attempting to apply traditional homemade compost to
a lawn? my vision of that process appears to be a costly
one as a result of the drying, grinding and more grinding
in order to obtain a dry granular product with consistencies
favorable for broadcast spreaders.

best,
Jim

"Bob F" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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the people who have figured out composting
are way ahead in the sporting event known as gardening and their
carry over knowledge resulting from their understanding of how
there is life in that compost pile enables them to have the better
healthier lawns through allowing all living things to work in
harmony with one another.

I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown compost
over
a lawn. Any suggestions?

Bob

Well Bob, you take a shovel and sling it all over an area. Then, you take
a leaf rake and rake it in. Or, you could dump a pile in an area and use a
bow rake to rake it out, then turn it over, tines up, to work it in.

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"Bob F" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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the people who have figured out composting
are way ahead in the sporting event known as gardening and their
carry over knowledge resulting from their understanding of how
there is life in that compost pile enables them to have the better
healthier lawns through allowing all living things to work in
harmony with one another.

I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown compost
over
a lawn. Any suggestions?

Bob

Well Bob, you take a shovel and sling it all over an area. Then, you take
a leaf rake and rake it in. Or, you could dump a pile in an area and use a
bow rake to rake it out, then turn it over, tines up, to work it in.

That could be a LOT of work for a large yard. I might just wait for a better
idea.

Bob

"Dave" wrote in message
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As testified by the dissolved granular fertilizer runoff from my front yard to
my gravel driveway. Roundup ain't doing the trick for more than a couple of
months in the gravel drive. Nothing grew in that compacted gravel/red clay
roadbase until I seeded front lawn in and fertilized.

Roundup only kills the greenery it gets on. After that, the remaining seeds are
ready to go. There are other chemicals with longer action.

Bob

"Bob F" wrote in message
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I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown compost
over a lawn. Any suggestions?



You scoop up a shovelfull and fling it.
With a bit of practice you can get pretty controlled flings- my husband is
very good at it. He hand topdressed 20,000 sq ft of lawn this way just last
month.



--
Toni
Hills of Kentucky
USDA Zone 6b
http://www.cearbhaill.com

"Bob F" wrote in message
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"Bob F" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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the people who have figured out composting
are way ahead in the sporting event known as gardening and their
carry over knowledge resulting from their understanding of how
there is life in that compost pile enables them to have the better
healthier lawns through allowing all living things to work in
harmony with one another.

I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown
compost
over
a lawn. Any suggestions?

Bob

Well Bob, you take a shovel and sling it all over an area. Then, you
take
a leaf rake and rake it in. Or, you could dump a pile in an area and use
a
bow rake to rake it out, then turn it over, tines up, to work it in.

That could be a LOT of work for a large yard. I might just wait for a
better
idea.

Bob

Wuss... Okay, Google John Deere Loader Manure Spreader

On Oct 21, 8:30 pm, "Buderschnookie" wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message

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I have never figured out how one would evenly distribute homegrown compost
over a lawn. Any suggestions?

You scoop up a shovelfull and fling it.
With a bit of practice you can get pretty controlled flings- my husband is
very good at it. He hand topdressed 20,000 sq ft of lawn this way just last
month.

--
Toni
Hills of Kentucky
USDA Zone 6bhttp://www.cearbhaill.com

Yep. It doesn't take a lot of practice to spread it pretty evenly and
we are not talking "exactly even" here anyhow, just a generaly even
cover with no piles or obvious bare spots gets it.

A good scoopshovel or big flat shovel is the best tool.

Harry K