Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message ... Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly sickly sludge that it no good for anything. Ed Just to see, I put some garbage with a little water into a plastic pail with lid and left it out in the sun. What I wound up with was a pail of rotting garbage that eventually started breeding crop destroying worms! I finally doused the whole mess with Malathion and dumped it a dumpster. |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
"Mike" wrote in message news:Pc0nk.409$EL2.204@trnddc01... "Ed" ex@directory wrote in message ... Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly sickly sludge that it no good for anything. Ed Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike Would adding lime work to hasten the decomposition? |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
"Mike" wrote in message news:5d3nk.582$7N1.358@trnddc06... Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike Would adding lime work to hasten the decomposition? I have absolutely no idea. Mike |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
On Aug 8, 2:50 pm, "Mike" wrote:
Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike Would adding lime work to hasten the decomposition? Mike Try using alfalfa pellets instead. Like having cow manure but bypassing the cow. works great. Emilie |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
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"Muddymike" wrote: "Mike" wrote in message news:5d3nk.582$7N1.358@trnddc06... Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike Would adding lime work to hasten the decomposition? I have absolutely no idea. Mike I'll second the alfalfa pellet concept! I've had pet bunnies. I know how hot that waste gets with spilled feed in it. -- Peace! Om All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
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Omelet wrote: In article , "Muddymike" wrote: "Mike" wrote in message news:5d3nk.582$7N1.358@trnddc06... Scientific!!! Nah, I just pile everything in to a wire mesh frame until its over full, leave it until it drops to about half full, spread it on the garden. Works for me see; http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10280?sort=5 This one is about 8 ft square and has now been filled way over the top of the frame, and is now well on its way back down again all by itself. The other one is about quarter full, should take another 18 months to completely fill it. the only other thing I do is cover the full one with and old bit of carpet. I lifted a corner last weekend and there were loads of little red worms working away under it. Yea I know, I even take pictures of the compost heap, if you rummage around you will even find the second one half empty. Mike Would adding lime work to hasten the decomposition? It would decompose the compost but it would be a chemical decomposition that would kill off the biological decomposers (bacteria and fungi) that you want in your garden. I know that this is an old question of your's but for god's sake man, get a book or google. Your being much too dense and lazy about this. Just throw some dead vegetative material on the ground, in a rather large heap and come back in 6 months and add the remains to your garden. In the mean time, google or go to the library. I have absolutely no idea. Mike I'll second the alfalfa pellet concept! I've had pet bunnies. I know how hot that waste gets with spilled feed in it. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
"mleblanca" wrote in message news: Mike Try using alfalfa pellets instead. Like having cow manure but bypassing the cow. works great. Emilie I see the importance of alfalfa as a starting material in food production and the action those microbotic organisms has on it, whether it takes place in a cow's stomach, in a compost pile or a vat of compost tea. |
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