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COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
I've come up with a potential business idea to compost grass clippings and
leaves, using disposable plastic bags as the composting containers, rather than composting stations. The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material over several weeks of passive exterior storage, without the exertion of rotating or emptying storage bins. I think this approach would appeal to the un-diehard gardener. Feel free to contact me at . I will also monitor this ng for a while. |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
May I add that it is a "very special" and effective secret ingredient -
natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly? Would you use it? Probably. After all, you don't know all the ingredients in motor oil, dishwasher detergent or cake icing. "DavesVideo" wrote in message ... Lucy & Howard Albert said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material Hmm, a secret formula. Wnder what it is? You could add a nitrogen source to speed up composting, that works pretty well. Maybe urea, then you could give instructions "just p*** on it. Would it sell? Maybe, but I know I would never use something where I didn't what was added to it. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
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Lucy & Howard Albert said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material Hmm, a secret formula. Wnder what it is? You could add a nitrogen source to speed up composting, that works pretty well. Maybe urea, then you could give instructions "just p*** on it. Would it sell? Maybe, but I know I would never use something where I didn't what was added to it. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
I make it a point to know what I am ingesting if at all possible (we
make our own cake icing). Taking it one step farther, I want to know in what environment my crops are growing. Your secret "natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly" ingredient has to be accepted on trust - a commodity that has to be earned. Many communities have incentive programs in place for people to compost their kitchen and yard waste. Market your product to the municipalities. If you can interest them, maybe others will take a look. "Lucy & Howard Albert" wrote in message ... May I add that it is a "very special" and effective secret ingredient - natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly? Would you use it? Probably. After all, you don't know all the ingredients in motor oil, dishwasher detergent or cake icing. |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
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from "Lucy & Howard Albert" contains these words: I've come up with a potential business idea to compost grass clippings and leaves, using disposable plastic bags as the composting containers, rather than composting stations. The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material over several weeks of passive exterior storage, without the exertion of rotating or emptying storage bins. Bad. Gardeners have been doing that ever since the plastic bag was invented. What's more the "secret formula" isn't secret, and nobody can produce it cheaper than we. Janet. |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
"Lucy & Howard Albert" said:
The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste Why does it have to be secret? There are thousands of successful products that do not have 'secret' ingredients. I would say there are very few products that depend on a 'secret' ingredient, most of them on late night television. -- McQualude |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
I came up with this idea decades ago and it uses many common household
materials. If I were to just post the "secret formula", it moves from marketable idea to interesting idea. "McQualude" wrote in message ... "Lucy & Howard Albert" said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste Why does it have to be secret? There are thousands of successful products that do not have 'secret' ingredients. I would say there are very few products that depend on a 'secret' ingredient, most of them on late night television. -- McQualude |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
Lucy & Howard Albert wrote:
I came up with this idea decades ago and it uses many common household materials. If I were to just post the "secret formula", it moves from marketable idea to interesting idea. If that's the case, then your marketable idea is the "secret", not the product. -- 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 |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 13:59:13 -0400, "Lucy & Howard Albert"
wrote: I've come up with a potential business idea to compost grass clippings and leaves, using disposable plastic bags as the composting containers, rather than composting stations. The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material over several weeks of passive exterior storage, without the exertion of rotating or emptying storage bins. I think this approach would appeal to the un-diehard gardener. Feel free to contact me at . I will also monitor this ng for a while. I've read that shredded newspaper is a good mix with grass clippings. Grass has lots of nitrogen, needs some carbon for balanced. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others |
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Lucy & Howard Albert wrote: The idea is to add a (secret) formula Your target market is no longer intelligent people. Your target market is people who believe in magic, and have a poor understanding of what compost is, and how it happens. Now that's not to say you couldn't make a lot of money with your idea. You just need to be aware that your target consumer isn't going to be someone found at a garden center in the middle of the week, or someone who reads this newsgroup. Your target is more likely to be someone who buys marigolds at the supermarket in September. I may buy chicken at KFC with their secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, but if they told me that there were secret ingredient in the cole slaw, I'd pass. The secret isn't so much what the herbs and spices are, but in what proportions they're used, but secret ingredients in the cole slaw is just plain scary. -- 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 |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
May I add that it is a "very special" and effective secret ingredient -
natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly? Would you use it? Probably. After all, you don't know all the ingredients in motor oil, dishwasher detergent or cake icing. "DavesVideo" wrote in message ... Lucy & Howard Albert said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste and turn it into a useful garden material Hmm, a secret formula. Wnder what it is? You could add a nitrogen source to speed up composting, that works pretty well. Maybe urea, then you could give instructions "just p*** on it. Would it sell? Maybe, but I know I would never use something where I didn't what was added to it. Dave http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
I make it a point to know what I am ingesting if at all possible (we
make our own cake icing). Taking it one step farther, I want to know in what environment my crops are growing. Your secret "natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly" ingredient has to be accepted on trust - a commodity that has to be earned. Many communities have incentive programs in place for people to compost their kitchen and yard waste. Market your product to the municipalities. If you can interest them, maybe others will take a look. "Lucy & Howard Albert" wrote in message ... May I add that it is a "very special" and effective secret ingredient - natural and organic, very fuzzy and friendly? Would you use it? Probably. After all, you don't know all the ingredients in motor oil, dishwasher detergent or cake icing. |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
"Lucy & Howard Albert" said:
The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste Why does it have to be secret? There are thousands of successful products that do not have 'secret' ingredients. I would say there are very few products that depend on a 'secret' ingredient, most of them on late night television. -- McQualude |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
I came up with this idea decades ago and it uses many common household
materials. If I were to just post the "secret formula", it moves from marketable idea to interesting idea. "McQualude" wrote in message ... "Lucy & Howard Albert" said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste Why does it have to be secret? There are thousands of successful products that do not have 'secret' ingredients. I would say there are very few products that depend on a 'secret' ingredient, most of them on late night television. -- McQualude |
COMPOST IDEA - GOOD?
"Lucy & Howard Albert" said:
I came up with this idea decades ago and it uses many common household materials. If I were to just post the "secret formula", it moves from marketable idea to interesting idea. "Lucy & Howard Albert" said: The idea is to add a (secret) formula to compostable waste Why does it have to be secret? There are thousands of successful products that do not have 'secret' ingredients. I would say there are very few products that depend on a 'secret' ingredient, most of them on late night television. Guess what... you could make your own glass cleaner at home but most people don't. -- McQualude |
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