Do I have this right, Gil? You put an occassional dead cat in your compost???
Stacey > Hi! Cheryl & Lloyd > I have three of those black plastic worm farms that > look like a stack of > fish bins. I am careful that no citrus skins, onion > peel or other > "strong" things go in there. The worms work fine and > produce lots of > nice castings. I then have a mouldering compost that > takes the rest of > the kitchen rubbish, along with fish scraps, a bit > of chook poo and what > ever else is needed to keep it going. This takes the > citrus etc, along > with the odd feral cat and any road kill that is > convenient. Then I have > the serious compost pens, made from non returnable > pallets. This > produces the main compost. I also have a Clivus > Multrum waterless > composting toilet, that takes all that passes > through us, plus lots of > wood shavings/ saw dust. This must be buried under > the drip line of > fruit trees and not have root veg grown in it for > one year. I actually > put worms and Preps in all of these and the worms > seem to survive quite > well, I think they are tougher than we think. > > Gil > > Cheryl Kemp wrote: > > > Thanks to Gil and Lloyd for the interesting info > on posts for the > > chook yard and orchard.Now I need some help with > orange skins in the > > compost heap. A question from a schoolas they have > losts of skins > > every day, is it ok to compost or will they kill > off all the worms?I > > know worms dont like too much citrus peels and > onions.Any suggestions > > as to how to get rid of the citrus skins?Cheryl > Kemp > > Education and Workshop Coordinator > > BDFGAA > > Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 > > Home: 02 6657 5306 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: www.biodynamics.net.au > ===== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Stacey Elin Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zip.to/anaserene @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
