I live on a postage stamp. There is nowhere else. My dogs have given me warning that they would go potty in the house If I made anymore flower beds. I said "Yes sir" to both of them. That's what makes us get along fine. I just can not stand to kill anything that will grow because I did not inherit the 'green thumb'. I got a "whoops", it must be a miracle. I guess I'll have to roll that wheelbarrow around the neighborhood. When kids come running out thinkin' I'm the ice cream truck, I'll give 'em a plant!!!!!! Thanks Marlene.

Oh, what I would give to see a little steam from my pile here in the polar region of central Iowa. (sigh) It was a record -18F here last night and at noon today it's warmed up to a balmy -6F. Windchills are something like -20...brrrr! My pile has been an ice cube this winter. It froze solid the first week of December and has not thawed any the past 3 months. We have had a colder than normal winter here in Iowa this year and snow and ice have covered my lawn since 2 Dec 2007. Now the snow is about 14 inches deep.

Hi, I am somewhat dissapointed today,,,,, I got my compost delivered and generally the quality seems fine. Inside of the 10 tons pile its really warm. When I showel it into my wheelbarrow it´s steaming. It smells as well "good". BUT,,,,,,, I have a problem with bringig it to my lawn,,,,,, there is pieces of roots, wood, bark in the compost which are apparentely still worked by bacteria and fungi. Those pieces are warm as well and feel soft. But if I bring this on my lawn , the wood-pieces will stay on top of the turf and only smallest pieces sink onto the soil. Even if I brush it in different directions, back and forward..... What can I do? Leave the compost on a pile until the wood decomposes further ? Or "filter" the bigger pieces from the smaller ones (lots of work probably). My father in law opts for anyhow throwing the compost to the lawn,,,,,,,,, but its not him that is going to ruin his new lawn-mower cutting bark, wood and roots with the next lawnmowing.... Any info welcome,,,, Thanks & a nice weekend,,,,,

Why Kelly, so unlike you to jump to conclusions without a shred of factuality or even a reasonable assumption to be further investigated. I can almost always tell your posts before I know they're yours. In this case, I couldn't have guessed. With as much seriousness as I'm capable of mustering at any moment, I will tell you that my days of smoking anything other than a ham or turkey are way long ago gone, and probably one of the reasons I took up what I like to call gardening. Since my recent experience with my compost pile, I've decided to spend some time studying, you know, space, the last frontier after that foliar miracle, ACT. Chuckiebtoo