compost first: John brought home a large hoop. Plastic, about 4 feet diameter, 3 feet tall. He thought it'd make a good compost pit. I'm currently using just pallets wired together. I like the air flow and double wall system of pallets, but the front is open so I can haul stable cleanings and just dump. It's easy access to both myself and the chickens. They keep it scratched up (and often out) so much of the household waste is eaten up before the compost can activate it. The ring would eliminate all the scratching and tossing, but I don't know if it's a good choice for good compost. (Is it going to be too airless or keep it too wet? ) OTOH, I can also just upend the ring once a pit has been built and encircle somewhere else pretty easy with this thing.
Certification: I have always been uneasy with the process that allows big farming corporations to put fertilizers and weed sprays on our food, and NOT tell us about it, while anyone growing foods without all the crap has to prove it. Something definitely wrong in that scenario. They say that a 'negative' is never a good advertising ploy, but when I have extra produce to market I do use the negative. I just tell them "Not certified but NO CHEMICALS." Until we start having to barcode carrots straight from the farm (and I see that day not too far into the future), I intend to keep on using this 'double negative'. And, if we all suddenly start getting junk mail from "99 Japanese girls want to meet YOU", we can blame Hugh's certification post. Hugh, was that intentional?
