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Post by pssm not logged in on Sept 8, 2004 21:10:55 GMT -5
can anyone help me out? i would like to start a small compost pile (possibly in a garbage can???) and have no idea what to do. do i need dirt, clippings, just food stuff, worms? help!!!
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Post by happy on Sept 8, 2004 22:49:07 GMT -5
You need meal worms, shredded paper, some kinds of foods....I'll get out my "science teacher" stuff tomorrow and give you a good link...we did this in my kids school in those big rubbermaid tubs. Warning: they stink. I'll leave a link tomorrow.
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Post by inatent on Sept 8, 2004 22:51:39 GMT -5
can anyone help me out? i would like to start a small compost pile (possibly in a garbage can???) and have no idea what to do. do i need dirt, clippings, just food stuff, worms? help!!! It doesn't need to be complicated. You can use anything from an old garbage can (drainable), a wooden box, or just a hole in the ground. You put into it virtually any organic material you have available to you that will break down (rot) in a year or so. I have just a hole in my back yard where I dump kitchen scraps (mostly fruit and vegatables without seeds or harsh peelings). I layer with dirt and grass from mowing the yard, and top off with leaves in the fall. In the spring I dig up what is there and spread it on the garden, and add leaves or grass around the young plants. All of this gets tilled in the next spring. For better efficiency you should stir the mix every week or so, but I don't bother. You can also add a natural substance that increases the reaction rate, but I don't remember now what it is called. My property seems to be built on what used to be a household dump 50 years ago, and gardening was not attempted until I dug it up last year. I am getting excellent growth and produce, completely organic. inatent
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Post by happy on Sept 12, 2004 20:05:16 GMT -5
Pssm, What a lier I was, huh?? Sorry. I didn't mean to be. Things came up. Anyway, my link is gone on the compost. Sorry.
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Post by Robb Klaty on Sept 12, 2004 20:44:07 GMT -5
Liberal newspapers like the New York Times are great for composting... they are so full of it anyways... ;D
Robb
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Post by inatent on Sept 12, 2004 21:44:08 GMT -5
Liberal newspapers like the New York Times are great for composting... they are so full of it anyways... ;D Robb LOL, and now finally I have a reason to subscribe to the New York Times without having to buy a bird. inatent
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Post by Heather on Sept 13, 2004 7:19:58 GMT -5
hehe! ;D
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