What have you done for your compost lately?
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Comments (46)I don't usually make resolutions, but after reading all the good posts in this thread, I've made up my mind. I want it ALL! I no longer want to enjoy the holidays looking at a gaily decorated petroleum-based interpretation of a fir tree. I want the live green tree with the O2 mitigation. I want winter interest and shelter for the birds. So my Christmas gift/resolution to myself will be - a balled tree. Yeah, it'll cost a few bucks, but for the next 30+ years (I plan on living a loooong time ;-)), imagine how nice the whole place is going to look when they are planted, and how much the wildlife will appreciate them. Unless someone can suggest a better way to go, here is my plan (I've never had a balled tree before, so save me from myself if I'm off base). I'll buy it in November, tub it on the deck, decorate it there with lights and strings of popcorn and fruit and I (and the critters) can enjoy it for the holidays. Then, after the festivities, drag it over to a pre-dug hole, plant it, and voila! If I get one small enough I think I could handle it (root balls are heavy!). At least I have a year to get any kinks out of this plan. Kris (already thinking about she's gonna do with her next Christmas tree....)...See MoreFebruary 2011 What Have You Fed Your Compost Pile Today?
Comments (24)I have several used Little Hotties Hand Warmers. Please, no lecture on 'going green', wearing gloves or using a hot water bottle. I care for dying patients and the importance of warm hands when touching someone is crucial. Carrying one of these in my pocket for a quick hand warm up has worked well. The ingredients in one small hand warmer is iron powder, water, salt, activated charcoal and vermiculite. As most of the ingredients would be safe, I wondered primarily about the iron powder and that little bit of salt and if they would be safe additions for compost....See MoreMarch 2010 What Have You Fed Your Compost Pile Today?
Comments (49)So today I added a bucket of the smelly gunk that I could scoop out of the pond, some leaves, and kitchen scraps. Will get more pond gunk this weekend if it warms up some. It was a little chilly out there tonight, to be mucking around in the pond. Could turn my bins today, mostly thawed. Emptied finished compost from the smaller pile into the almost finished compost in the other bin. Was very Happy and oh so pleased with my pile, my bins are about 3'square and one is now full of lovely 90% usuable compost, plus one very big fat mouse. Probably should have added her to the pile but couldn't do it. No where near what others can produce here but Im still pleased :-)Frogged...See MoreComposting is done by fungi (cover your compost pile)
Comments (25)Only humans do 'composting'. This is a very narrow interpretation of composting and I believe it IS splitting hairs :-). 'Compost' (the noun) is broadly defined as "organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment" and 'composting' itself (the verb) as "nature's process of recycling decomposed organic materials into a rich soil known as compost. Anything that was once living will decompose. Basically, backyard composting is an acceleration of the same process nature uses. By composting your organic waste you are returning nutrients back into the soil in order for the cycle of life to continue. Finished compost looks like soil–dark brown, crumbly and smells like a forest floor." Does nature 'compost'?...See Moreklem1
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