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Ideas for improving this second-generation home compostingmethod
On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote:
"Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
On 5/12/2013 11:52 AM, Danny D wrote:
On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg .... Keep it up and you can be sure rats and other _will_ find it. A day or two isn't long for new food sources to be discovered but rest assured it will be found if it's kept up. -- |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
Danny D writes:
R On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg While discussing compost piles, I thought you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg The fence is 6ft high. Last years leaves are compacted and partly broken down. -- Dan Espen |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home compostingmethod
On Sun, 12 May 2013 12:46:22 -0500, dpb wrote:
you can be sure rats and other _will_ find it. The holes in the fencing are big enough for rats to get through, so, if/when they find the compost, I'll see some evidence of that, I hope. http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12918527.jpg |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home compostingmethod
On Sun, 12 May 2013 13:51:11 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg Wow. I wish I had that much compost! |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
Danny D writes:
On Sun, 12 May 2013 13:51:11 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg Wow. I wish I had that much compost! Only if you really like exercise. 1 years leaves pile up much higher than that. -- Dan Espen |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home compostingmethod
On Sun, 12 May 2013 20:36:40 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
Only if you really like exercise. I have a lot of Spanish & Scotch Broom, which I pull out (Scotch Broom) by the hundreds, and I cut & glyphosate (Spanish Broom) by the scores; but I don't want to compost that so I put them in the green recycling bins. It takes a few months because each bin only holds about an hour's worth of cuttings; yet I generally cut for four or five hours at a time. But, other than that, I don't have compost since I'm in a windy location exposed to the Pacific Ocean winds, which do all my leaf raking for me during the winter storms! :) Of course, it all ends up in the pool ... :( |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
On Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:30:06 PM UTC-7, Danny D wrote:
On Sun, 12 May 2013 20:36:40 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: Only if you really like exercise. I have a lot of Spanish & Scotch Broom, which I pull out (Scotch Broom) by the hundreds, and I cut & glyphosate (Spanish Broom) by the scores; but I don't want to compost that so I put them in the green recycling bins. It takes a few months because each bin only holds about an hour's worth of cuttings; yet I generally cut for four or five hours at a time. But, other than that, I don't have compost since I'm in a windy location exposed to the Pacific Ocean winds, which do all my leaf raking for me during the winter storms! :) Of course, it all ends up in the pool ... :( Maybe I did the wrong thing...but...a few years ago I dismantled my compost and sold it on Craigs List. I hadn't really been keeping it up properly anyway. So when the City announced that they were now accepting food waste to incorporate into their (quarterly give-away compost events), I decided to go with that. I was surprised when the hand-out said that meat,fat,bones, etc. could be included, but when I called, they said that the compost was produced at such high temperatures that the no-no stuff was rendered harmless. It's actually a nice community event; people line up in their cars with their bags, pails, other containers. When you get to the head of the line, you climb into a huge "bin" full of this lovely powdery compost, break out your shovel and load up. |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
Dan Espen said
Danny D writes: R On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg While discussing compost piles, I thought you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg The fence is 6ft high. Last years leaves are compacted and partly broken down. Wow, the wife would never tolerate that pile. I had to pitch a fit to get two 4" square bins accepted. :-) |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
DirtBag writes:
Dan Espen said Danny D writes: R On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg While discussing compost piles, I thought you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg The fence is 6ft high. Last years leaves are compacted and partly broken down. Wow, the wife would never tolerate that pile. I had to pitch a fit to get two 4" square bins accepted. :-) The pile isn't visible from the rest of the yard. You can't make compost in 4 inch bins. Well you can, but you can turn the compost over with a teaspoon. -- Dan Espen |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
Dan Espen wrote:
DirtBag writes: Dan Espen said Danny D writes: On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg While discussing compost piles, I thought you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg The fence is 6ft high. Last years leaves are compacted and partly broken down. Wow, the wife would never tolerate that pile. I had to pitch a fit to get two 4" square bins accepted. :-) The pile isn't visible from the rest of the yard. You can't make compost in 4 inch bins. Well you can, but you can turn the compost over with a teaspoon. It wouldn't get very hot would it. D |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
DirtBag wrote:
.... Wow, the wife would never tolerate that pile. I had to pitch a fit to get two 4" square bins accepted. :-) or use worms and let them take care of it. they do much better in the ground where temperatures are moderated the location can be less visible to "the management". most scraps can simply be buried, if done deeply enough there's no smell or problem with vermin/bugs. leaves are also broken down more quickly if buried with some dirt mixed in instead of just left in a pile on the surface. for bones it's much better if you can grind them (if you don't trust your meat source you may want to cook them well first) before composting, but in the end the earth's critters will take care of them one way or another. i worm compost a great deal and study decomposition techniques. :) more fun than a mere human should ever be allowed... songbird |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
David Hare-Scott said
Dan Espen wrote: DirtBag writes: Dan Espen said Danny D writes: On Wed, 08 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400, Norminn wrote: "Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! To test whether the "diggers" were attracted to my compost, I left the fence open the past two days at my compost pile: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915025.jpg Checking this morning, I don't see evidence of animals digging up the salmon or steak bones yet ... http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12915027.jpg While discussing compost piles, I thought you might appreciate a real compost pile: http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/...0/12915722.jpg The fence is 6ft high. Last years leaves are compacted and partly broken down. Wow, the wife would never tolerate that pile. I had to pitch a fit to get two 4" square bins accepted. :-) The pile isn't visible from the rest of the yard. You can't make compost in 4 inch bins. Well you can, but you can turn the compost over with a teaspoon. It wouldn't get very hot would it. D Hmmmm, maybe that's my problem. Too small! :-) (oops) |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home compostingmethod
On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:10:18 +0000, DirtBag wrote:
Hmmmm, maybe that's my problem. Too small! (oops) I took all your advice to heart, and added two more steps to my composting sequence: 1. I now rake the compost over a larger area than before (in order to aerate it and allow bacteria their freedom). http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13002068.jpg 2. I disinfect the compost bin in the kitchen with chlorine (to keep the mold away, which has been happening lately). http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13002075.jpg PS: The wife has been complaining about the smell of the pool chlorine in the kitchen; so I have to clean it at night. |
Ideas for improving this second-generation home composting method
"Danny D." writes:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:10:18 +0000, DirtBag wrote: Hmmmm, maybe that's my problem. Too small! (oops) I took all your advice to heart, and added two more steps to my composting sequence: 1. I now rake the compost over a larger area than before (in order to aerate it and allow bacteria their freedom). http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13002068.jpg 2. I disinfect the compost bin in the kitchen with chlorine (to keep the mold away, which has been happening lately). http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13002075.jpg Those bacteria are what you want to break down the compost. Adding chlorine to house air is a bad idea. PS: The wife has been complaining about the smell of the pool chlorine in the kitchen; so I have to clean it at night. Keep the container sealed. I put coffee grinds, spent flowers, pistachio shells, and leaves in mine. Nothing smells. The actual compost is 99% yard waste. You mentioned pulling weeds and not composting them. That does not seem logical. If you give it enough time the seeds won't survive. -- Dan Espen |
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