flower1lady2000
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: Filling a Compost Bin |
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I have purchased a compost bin and would like to know the right proportions of brown,green and food scraps to include to make good compost.Would appreciate any feedback.
Flowerlady
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flower1lady2000
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Great info,
Thanks,
Flowerlady
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OrganicAlan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: Composting Shortcuts from a Country boy |
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Dear FlowerLady,
Thanks.
Here is a rule of thumb to follow when composting.
brown stuff - leaves and twigs rot slowest
Wet kitchen stuff - corn cobs, broccoli or cabbage trimmings, leftover food - rot next fastest (or slowest)
Grass clippings, weeds, hay, straw - rot quickest
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You can speed up the Hot-Rot Process - by getting Oxygen to the microbes doing the work.
A - IF you have no nearby neghbors to object to the smell. You can do less work mixing in Grass btwn layers.
B - If you want to keep the smell down. And make Compost faster. Then you have to Jump in and actively TURN and mix the compost.
Alan
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Guido
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: |
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When you put in food scraps, remember: no meat, no dairy!
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