I wouldn't use the entire compost pile for an incubator, it might get too tricky. But there are a lot of examples of using the compost process to different uses, here they used to bury fresh horse manure in the soil under the cold frames in the early season, that was enough heat to keep things from freezing. But that sure sounds like more of an art than a science. Asian peasants used to use composting rice chaff to create the conditions for incubating duck eggs. But I am posting to say that you are far from alone in viewing a compost pile as a friend, a pet, one of life's companions. Buy it a treat now and again, thinking of it continually, shoving someone out of the way to get an old teabag - "for the pile". Using a sports metaphor, you get walloped in the head protecting a quarter back, they call that "taking one for the team". There are some people, posting on this forum, that I know for a fact have sewn in plastic zip-lock bags in the lining of their clothes, and will fill them with putricibles "-for the pile" . You are not alone!!

LOL.. that's what she gets for biking down the Pacific Ocean coast! lol Yesterday the official temp here was 84 but it was 90 at our house. today it's supposed to be around 75... PERFECT. We HAVE had marine overcast clouds in the morn. But they burn off by the afternoon! I need to call her and find out where she will be this weekend! I'll go check out her blog! thanks Judy. I read the blog a few days ago. need to check it out now !

My granddaughter and her boyfriend moved about an hour away early this summer.Yesterday the doorbell rang and there they were. Made my day,made my week actually! My husband and I went shopping this morning and came home to find my grandson cutting our lawn.So proud of himself because he had just passed his drivers test and drove over here himself. It was wonderful to see how proud he was, but now that is four out of seven grandchildren that I have to keep in my driving prayers.

I live outside of Tulsa. We were only without power for around nine hours. The next neighborhood over on the next street has been out for over 48 hours. Right now I have cable, phone, and internet, but it's been on and off for the last couple of days. I've been trying to wash as much laundry and dishes as I can in case we lose power again. There is supposed to be another ice storm coming in Friday night. We have a generator and a gas stove I can light with a match so we're pretty lucky. We were without power for a total of eight days during the December 2000 ice storms in Arkansas. We've learned from that experience. I keep candles, flashlights and easy to make foods like Hamburger Helper, ramen noodles, and canned soup in the cabinets. I drove to a mall in Tulsa yesterday to get my kids out of the house. The hallways were crowded, but there weren't many people in the stores. I think there were a lot of people there who didn't have power at home. They were just looking for a place to hang out and warm up. Several gas stations were closed. The ones that were open were crowded. I stopped at one that appeared to be out of gas. Half of the stoplights I went through were out. Everyone was polite and waited in line to drive through it. The businesses that have electricity seem to be really random. Some of the restaurants and businesses you would expect to be open aren't. I drove home without streetlights last night. It was eery. THere are downed trees and broken limbs all over the place. Yesterday it was 46 so the ice is melted. We are expected to get another storm this weekend. It's colder again today (around 30 degrees). We'll see what this weekend brings.