heap big microbial action
yielding at last to peer pressure, i have begun a compost heap. right now it's more of a compost bump, about 6" square by 3" high, but i suppose we'll get there eventually.
i found a good list of what i can and cannot add to the pile. (hair: okay. meat and bones: not okay.)
i may have to take up coffee drinking so that i might add the grounds to the pile. in about a year i expect to have enough to add a modest top-dressing to the two houseplants i currently own. agway will have to supply the rest.
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when mama does this, if she has lots of stuff like egg shells and whatever, she puts it all in the blender with water and makes a slurry to pour on the pile..one year she found potatoes growing in the compost pile from thrown away potatoes...
Posted by: auntb | October 8, 2003 11:38 AM
You need to put something in the compost to keep the rabbits away, too. You might also need some new equipment; see http://www.goodwin.org/composter/.
Posted by: paul^2 | October 8, 2003 01:31 PM
good for you.
Posted by: cousinchris | October 9, 2003 01:55 PM
I keep forgetting and putting stuff down the garbage disposal -- in a perfect world we would have some kind of switch that would direct the disposal output straight into a compost bucket...
Posted by: paul | October 10, 2003 01:53 PM