John this is great I may have a BM too.

Curt

Curt,

>John this is great I may have a BM too.The only acronym I know for BM is Bowel Movement. I try to have those on a regular basis. I take it you are talking about something else? If not, I wish you great luck with it!

Mike

Mike,
It's Bloody Mary (though every time they talk about BMs, that same thing pops into my head).

OK I cheated again I had a glass of wine instead!
Curt

GB,

Thank! I should have thought of Bloody Mary but all I could think of was the other thing. But I'm not that much different from others. Consider this case:

The story is told of a lady who was rather old-fashioned, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in her language. She and her husband were planning a week's vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a particular campground asking for a reservation. She wanted to make sure the campground was fully equipped, but didn't quite know how to ask about the toilet facilities. She just couldn't bring herself to write the word "toilet" in her letter. After much deliberation, she finally came up with the old-fashioned term BATHROOM COMMODE. But when she wrote that down, she still thought she was being too forward. So she started all over again, rewrote the entire letter referring to the bathroom commode merely as the BC: "Does the campground have it's own BC?" is what she actually wrote. Well, the campground owner wasn't old-fashioned at all and when he got the letter, he just couldn't figure out what the woman was talking about. That BC business really stumped him. After worrying about it for awhile, he showed the letter to several campers, but they couldn't imagine what the lady meant either. So the campground owner, finally coming to the conclusion that the lady must be asking about the local Baptist Church, sat down and wrote the following reply:

Dear Madam:
I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take pleasure in informing you that a BC is located nine miles north of the campground and is capable of seating 250 people at one time. I admit it is quite a distance away, if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be pleased to know that a great number of people take their lunches along and make a day of it. They usually arrive early and stay late. It is such a beautiful facility and the acoustics are marvelous...even the normal delivery sounds can be heard. The last time my wife and I went was six years ago, and it was so crowded we had to stand up the whole time we were there. It may interest you to know that right now a supper is planned to raise money to buy more seats. They are going to hold it in the basement of the BC. I would like to say it pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but it surely is no lack of desire on my part. As we grow old, it seems to be more of an effort, particularly in cold weather. If you do decide to come down to our campground, perhaps I could go with you the first time you go, sit with you, and introduce you to all the other folks. Remember, this is a friendly community.
Sincerely, (Campground Owner)

Mike

I thought bowel movement too! I am on too many Mommy boards.:p

LOL Mike!
Sort of like how Mrs Cunningham on Happy Days would say TP instead of toilet paper... (don't ask me why I remember that??...)

Wordwiz;

As a "Recovering Baptist", I thought your story quite humerous! Another -- if I may--

A few years ago I decided to go look for a new church with my wife. We went downstairs after a Sunday service for the announced Coffee and donut hour; but all they had was decaffeinated. I announced that if they did not like me having caffeine, that I might as well leave - since there would be a lot of other things about me they would not like and worse than drinking caffeine.

They laughed real hard--- seems their coffee was made from donations, and all that was donated that week was Decaf ... but they had to ask me ... "Did you use to be a Baptist?" (yes is the answer.... long ago)

D in colorado

OMG, I laughed so hard, I cried. I too only had one interpretation of BM. I usually have margaritas.
Keski

Ha HA did you like the way i tried to sneak out of it. I don't think anyone was buying what I was selling!

Curt BM~

So are you attributing everything to worms?

I never see any here and my organic matter % is 36.

I'm laughing out loud right here in my computer chair. I read the title, and thought "Oh no, the test results must not have been good if they're going to sh*t because of them!"

And then I got to the part about the bloody marys. Hahahahaha.

Here's an area that has lots of added compost, no vermiculite, in case someone can't do a Mel's Mix; oh, and like I said, I haven't seen any worms...

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A few things to note:

The more compost you add, the higher the pH seems to climb... I originally was in the 6.0-6.5 range. Soiltests are available for the municipal compost I use if desired.

For those thinking NOT to use peat, the pH change from the compost is a good reason to use it. My soiltest above didn't have any peat or vermiculite, just dark native soil (looks black when wet) and municipal compost.

It's cheaper to buy municipal compost than any vermiculite or bagged composts. If you have a pickup truck, you can get a scoop loaded into it for about $15-$16 in the burbs here, which pretty much fills a shortbed pickup to overflowing (and springs sagging!) You can also shovel it yourself for about $2 per garbage can or rubbermaid containerful. pH range of compost here is generally about 7.0 to 8.0 or more--neutral to slightly alkaline.

Hope this helps.

'Mater Mark