Kids know how to learn....

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Gloria" wrote in message
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The time that it has taken smartass to tell you all the noninformative
stuff, he could have answered your questions ten times and if he didn't
want to tell you if he composts and if it works for him and does he wet
it, etc...he should have googled for something more interesting to do
with his time.


If teachers spoon fed your kids or grandkids instead of teaching them how
to learn, you'd be bitching about it. Why make exceptions for adults?


Kids know how to learn....they ask questions

"Pennyaline" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:

snip the shit for crying out loud

Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed
food scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only,
no meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.


Why?

David

Tried it in vain. Composting would be great here, if it were allowed to
work as advertised. Ants are the problem. Any kitchen leftovers with
vegetable or animal protein is promptly attacked and drug off. Includes
immediate burial stuff. The ants won't go away, tried Amdro etc. They keep
coming back like Michael Myers. No, not building/buying an elevated compost
bin.

--
Dave
Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement
of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago.
More profound is we made it to the top of the food
chain per our reasoning abilities.
Most profound is the denial of why we may
be on the way out.
"SteveB" wrote in message
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We recently moved out in the country. Nothing to do but we had to make a
compost pile. I admit, it's a handy place for garbage we would usually
put
in the can for a week. Yech!

Does it work? How much work is it? How often are you supposed to turn
it?
Do you keep it wet? Do you get enough compost to justify the work?

TIA

Steve

Billy expounded:


Ann, why be so modest? You know about composting, why don't you share
your wisdom with this little jerk-off? Most article that I have Googled
seem to run a couple of pages but since you seem to have felt this
jerk-offs's pain, it shouldn't be too much for you to amplify on the
easily available knowledge. Oh, and Bush & Co. for War Crimes;-)

Troll.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

"MajorOz" wrote in message
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This site is an exception to the usual conviviality found on many
usenet sites. To earn your entry into the clique, you have to
initiate or agree with some long-winded political screed.

Ha! You should check out rec.guns, where any gun shop owner who charges more
than Wal Mart is automatically labeled a socialist, by plaid shirt fellas
who've never opened a dictionary.

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"Pennyaline" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:

snip the shit for crying out loud

Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed
food scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only,
no meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.


Why?

David

You can use cooked vegetable scraps, but stuff like butter, dressings & meat
are more likely (compared to vegetables) to attract visitors you don't want
around your garden. Manage the composter like a campground and you'll be
happy.

"Gloria" wrote in message
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Kids know how to learn....

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Gloria" wrote in message
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The time that it has taken smartass to tell you all the noninformative
stuff, he could have answered your questions ten times and if he didn't
want to tell you if he composts and if it works for him and does he wet
it, etc...he should have googled for something more interesting to do
with his time.


If teachers spoon fed your kids or grandkids instead of teaching them how
to learn, you'd be bitching about it. Why make exceptions for adults?


Kids know how to learn....they ask questions

My teachers wouldn't answer questions whose answers were in the chapter I
was asked to read the night before. Some said "That was in last night's
reading," while others asked questions which made us think harder. Spoon
feeding people is like giving them a fish. Teaching them to do research is
like teaching them to fish.

On Nov 6, 8:22?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Gloria" wrote in message

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Kids know how to learn....

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Gloria" wrote in message
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The time that it has taken smartass to tell you all the noninformative
stuff, he could have answered your questions ten times and if he didn't
want to tell you if he composts and if it works for him and does he wet
it, etc...he should have googled for something more interesting to do
with his time.

If teachers spoon fed your kids or grandkids instead of teaching them how
to learn, you'd be bitching about it. Why make exceptions for adults?

Kids know how to learn....they ask questions

My teachers wouldn't answer questions whose answers were in the chapter I
was asked to read the night before. Some said "That was in last night's
reading," while others asked questions which made us think harder. Spoon
feeding people is like giving them a fish. Teaching them to do research is
like teaching them to fish

And biting on a troll's hook makes one a fish. The OP is very
obviously a troll... he didn't actually ask any questions that have
answers.

"Sheldon" wrote in message
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On Nov 6, 8:22?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Gloria" wrote in message

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Kids know how to learn....

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Gloria" wrote in message
s.net...
The time that it has taken smartass to tell you all the
noninformative
stuff, he could have answered your questions ten times and if he
didn't
want to tell you if he composts and if it works for him and does he
wet
it, etc...he should have googled for something more interesting to do
with his time.

If teachers spoon fed your kids or grandkids instead of teaching them
how
to learn, you'd be bitching about it. Why make exceptions for adults?

Kids know how to learn....they ask questions

My teachers wouldn't answer questions whose answers were in the chapter I
was asked to read the night before. Some said "That was in last night's
reading," while others asked questions which made us think harder. Spoon
feeding people is like giving them a fish. Teaching them to do research
is
like teaching them to fish

And biting on a troll's hook makes one a fish. The OP is very
obviously a troll... he didn't actually ask any questions that have
answers.

I'm not so sure he's a troll. Just misguided, that's all. Sort of like the
person who once posted a real classic in rfc: "Can I make lasagna at home?
How?"

"SteveBS" wrote:

We moved in the country. Nothing to do but make a compost pile.

You are a pile.

Does it work?

Does what work, are you having a Viagra moment?

How much work is it?

Two minutes wanking and you're asleep, you call that work?

How often are you supposed to turn it?

Bragging about your agility?

Do you keep it wet?

Oh, baby!

Do you get enough?

You talkin' quantity or quality?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"Pennyaline" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:

snip the shit for crying out loud

Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed
food scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only,
no meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.

Why?

David

You can use cooked vegetable scraps, but stuff like butter, dressings & meat
are more likely (compared to vegetables) to attract visitors you don't want
around your garden. Manage the composter like a campground and you'll be
happy.

Because of issues with rancidity and possible/probable contact with
substances that don't break down cleanly into sweet compost, it's best
to leave cooked foods out. The problem of animal visitation really
hadn't occurred to me, as they will raid any garbage pile if they're
hungry enough.

"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Sheldon" wrote in message
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On Nov 6, 8:22?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Gloria" wrote in message

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Kids know how to learn....

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
"Gloria" wrote in message
s.net...
The time that it has taken smartass to tell you all the
noninformative
stuff, he could have answered your questions ten times and if he
didn't
want to tell you if he composts and if it works for him and does he
wet
it, etc...he should have googled for something more interesting to
do
with his time.

If teachers spoon fed your kids or grandkids instead of teaching them
how
to learn, you'd be bitching about it. Why make exceptions for adults?

Kids know how to learn....they ask questions

My teachers wouldn't answer questions whose answers were in the chapter
I
was asked to read the night before. Some said "That was in last night's
reading," while others asked questions which made us think harder. Spoon
feeding people is like giving them a fish. Teaching them to do research
is
like teaching them to fish

And biting on a troll's hook makes one a fish. The OP is very
obviously a troll... he didn't actually ask any questions that have
answers.



And another overly educated old fart makes the file.


How (using words) do you define "overly educated"?

FarmI wrote:
"Pennyaline" wrote in message
SteveB wrote:

snip the shit for crying out loud

Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed food
scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only, no
meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.

Why not? I've composted lots of things including lots of cooked food and
also a dead chook (chicken in US speak) and had no problems at all. Someone
I know swears that fat is a real worm attractant and that worms writhe and
gorge themselves on fat from a commercial frying machine. Can't see it
myself but he swears that it's true.

I have no doubt that worms writhe around in fats since they writhe
around in everything, but to my knowledge they do not consume it. It
compromises the compost to add meat and fats, as these don't break down
at the same rate as vegetable matter and will spoil the end product in
its entirety. It also attracts competing insects which can crowd out a
worm colony and defeat the purpose of the whole thing.

"Pennyaline" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:

snip the shit for crying out loud

Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed food
scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only, no
meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.


No, no one told me that valuable information. Most were too busy correcting
my form.

Thank you.

Steve

"Billy" wrote in message
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In article ,
Ann wrote:

"SteveB" expounded:

I consider this and other topical groups to be DISCUSSION groups. Not
dry
how to lectures, or dissertations by the overly educated.

Steve, for the record, I understand what you want and agree with you.
I've never understood the blind insistance to use google for
everything. There's a wealth of knowledge here to draw on, and
opinions, and yes, discussion, if you can find willing discussers.
There are a few in this thread, but not many. (

Ann, why be so modest? You know about composting, why don't you share
your wisdom with this little jerk-off? Most article that I have Googled
seem to run a couple of pages but since you seem to have felt this
jerk-offs's pain, it shouldn't be too much for you to amplify on the
easily available knowledge. Oh, and Bush & Co. for War Crimes;-)

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FB - FFF

Billy
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

pitiful

plonk