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Do you compost
On Nov 4, 4:33 am, "SteveB" wrote:
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 I simply pile the leaves up in three piles, and add discarded vegetable, and occasionally add bagged grass clippings in it (in case the grass is too long to be mulched). I just pile them up. I don't use any barrel or cage or anything. I used to turn the compost piles and water them whenever I was done with mowing the lawn. This means I used to turn them every week or so. Now, I only turn them during fall when I add a lot quantity of leaves into the piles, and once in summer (to check their status). Otherwise, I don't turn them or water them at all. And the result is just as good. Yes, this takes 8 to 9 months to compose them. This is OK because I am not in a hurry. Basically, I just let the nature to take its course. I mainly use the compost in the vegetable garden because the soil in there is very sandy. I need the compost to improve the soil texture. The soil in there is definitely getting quite well after I have added compost in there year after year for the past 7 years. One possible problem that I can think of is that I can compose the leaves in less than one year because I use a garden vacuum to gather the leaves, and the garden vacuum grounds the leaves to small pieces, and that helps the composing to go fast. If the leaves were not grounded, the composing likely would take longer. I could have used the free compost from the local government. But that would make my car dirty. If I had a pickup truck, I might have used the free compost from the local government. By the way, I live in northern New Jersey. Jay Chan |
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