Hello Everyone!
We had such wet and cool weather during the late winter, spring and
early summer, our old compost bin (which started out life as a plastic
barrel) became waterlogged and reeked like a septic pit. It had never
composted all that well to begin with (worms were doing most of the
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From: robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:43 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Compost Bin
Hello Everyone!
We had such wet and cool weather during the late winter, spring and
early summer, our old compost
I just eat around the outside - the red ones are ripe.
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
This morning I noticed that several of the rose plants we
picked up from someone's discard pile (these were left at the
side of the road with a sign that said: Free Plants) have
Mike Weaver wrote:
I just eat around the outside - the red ones are ripe.
My sweetheart grew up eating rose hip jam. She says it's really
delicious, but she thinks we don't have enough to make more than a
spoonful or so!
robert luis rabello
The Edge of Justice
The Long Journey
New
The muscles in my back, shoulders and forearms ache in a satisfying
way. I've been shoveling barn litter and spreading compost from last
year into my raised garden beds. It's a little cold outside with the
arctic outflow winds sweeping down from the Cascades in the east, but it
feels good to
Not knowing the pesticide history of said rose hips - maybe no?
Kirk
robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The muscles in my back, shoulders and forearms ache in a satisfying way.
I've been shoveling barn litter and spreading compost from last year into my
raised garden
This morning I noticed that several of the rose plants we picked up from
someone's discard pile (these were left at the side of the road with a sign
that said: Free Plants) have bright red / orange fruit on them right now.
I THINK these are rose hips, but I'm not certain because I've never
WOW! i just stirred my compost bucket today, and i must say...it smells like
DIRT, and after i got done mixing it it got HOT! apparently i did it right,
but i had to move it to a 20L trash bin a couple of weeks ago because i ran
out of cardboard cartons.
Jason
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i think my compost has been a marginal success by experienced standards, and
a fantastic success by my own. it does in fact get warm (not hot, but hey
its still a baby) and even though it got rained on, i pitched in a big
basket of dead leaves, and it warmed up again in a few hours. its sort of
Jason Katie wrote:
will clay cat litter (used as directed on package...) hurt compost?
I use cat litter for the lavatory of our rabbit cage and routinely
dump the contents into my composter. When its all done, I can't even
tell there had been any litter in it at all. I don't do the
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Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] compost
Jason Katie wrote:
will clay cat litter (used as directed on package...) hurt compost?
I use cat litter for the lavatory of our rabbit cage and routinely
dump the contents into my composter. When its all done
your compost box and pumpkins are doing.
Tom
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From: Jason Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:30 PM
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its not multiple cats its multiple ferrets. my
: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] compost
Jason Katie,
I wouldn't be so terribly concerned even if they were cats. Kitty
litter
has a bad rep largely because of a parasitic flatworm. Pregnant women
should
not handle kitty litter. The flatworm and its eggs
will clay cat litter (used as directed on package...) hurt compost?
Jason
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:15:07 -0500
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Subject: [Biofuel] compost test
ive finally done it, i dont know if its right, but ive started a compost box
(paper carton) it will probably be better when my pumpkin plant gets bigger
and can
as far as the box composting, thats quite all right, i was kind of using the
compost as a way to get rid of the box, yet avoid the dumpster, and there
are a few pets in my home who contribute regularly as well, plus my insanely
small pumpkin patch (3 plants), and my brand new carmencita (red
ive finally done it, i dont know if its right, but ive started a compost box
(paper carton) it will probably be better when my pumpkin plant gets bigger
and can use bigger leaves, but i started it with some old newspapers and the
wilted leaves from my wifes flowers, then i went out to the
I have a waste by-product of 50 tons monthly of Broccoli and I
would like to start doing something with it. Instead of throwing to the
trash I would like to make compost (active) and I would like to build a
small digester so Methane gas can be produced.
Could someone help me with this. BTW , I
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Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Compost Update
We have a new neighbor, a friendly, English fellow who noticed that I
was turning my compost pile this morning. He came over, interested in
my work, and asked several questions about
Hello Robert
We have a new neighbor, a friendly, English fellow who
noticed that I was turning my compost pile this morning. He came
over, interested in my work, and asked several questions about
composting. We also talked about my garden, which is, apparently, a
rather hot topic of
Keith Addison wrote:
How does it smell?
I went on a long hike with my eldest son several weeks ago, climbing
a peak known locally as Elk Mountain. It took over two hours for us
to climb the 700 hundred odd meters to the top, and during most of
that time, we climbed through a fir / spruce
We have a new neighbor, a friendly, English fellow who noticed that I
was turning my compost pile this morning. He came over, interested in
my work, and asked several questions about composting. We also talked
about my garden, which is, apparently, a rather hot topic of
discussion among the
: [Biofuel] Compost Update
We have a new neighbor, a friendly, English fellow who noticed that I
was turning my compost pile this morning. He came over, interested in
my work, and asked several questions about composting. We also talked
about my garden, which is, apparently, a rather hot topic
Hello all,
I too have an abundant supply of sawdust available to me since my
brother-in-law owns a sawmill conveniently located on the land
next to mine. I have done some experimentation with the sawdust both in
applying it to sample areas of my garden and in one of my
compost bins. I found
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Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF-- mushroom media
Hello all,
I too have an abundant supply of sawdust available to me since my
brother-in-law owns a sawmill conveniently located on the land
next to mine. I have done some experimentation with the sawdust both in
applying
or weeds in
larger quantities will balance it.
Graeme
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Date: 01/02/05 23:11:38
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Subject: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hi Keith ;
Since I plan on making lots of compost from wood, I
thought I
quality after one and two years.
Graeme
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Date: 01/03/05 07:08:59
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hi Kim ;
LOF is Liquid Organic Fertilizer or what Keith calls
Household Compost
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From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hi Kim ;
LOF is Liquid Organic Fertilizer or what Keith calls
Household Compost Activator
can locate a mushroom farm in your area.
Best wishes,
Peggy
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hello Peter,
I will be following your efforts closely, as I'm sure others will. I
have
contracted with a small town here in Minnesota to build, and install,
some
rotating barrel
that sells its compost. You might also look for
this kind of waste to
bring into your mix if you can locate a mushroom
farm in your area.
Best wishes,
Peggy
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hello Peter,
I will be following your efforts closely, as I'm
sure
one and two years.
Graeme
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 01/03/05 07:08:59
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and LOF.
Hi Kim ;
LOF is Liquid Organic Fertilizer or what Keith calls
Household Compost Activator
: Re: [Biofuel] Compost with sawdust and
LOF.
Hello Peter,
I will be following your efforts closely, as I'm
sure others will. I
have
contracted with a small town here in Minnesota to
build, and install,
some
rotating barrel composters (5) in their city
garden/compost area
Hi Keith ;
Since I plan on making lots of compost from wood, I
thought I would start experimenting with the abundant
and free sawdust from next door.
I read the pages on JtF, but none comes close to my
situation. The sawdust is REALLY fine, like blowing
sand. I will use a fly screen to keep
get from my table saw in my compost. Mine is used in our toilet buckets
first, but it must be mixed with something that has a little more fiber or
it compacts. Compaction in a compost pile means no oxygen, which is a
problem. Mix some grass, well mulched into the mix and it should work
Hi Kim ;
LOF is Liquid Organic Fertilizer or what Keith calls
Household Compost Activator, in other words, urine.
Yes I guess I could put in some grass or leaves, which
is what most recipies call for. But two problems with
that. One is I live in a concrete village. There is
no grass or
Hello Peter.
Orange peel contains orange oil, a preservative.
It is slow to decompose.
Kirk
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Hi Kim ;
LOF is Liquid Organic Fertilizer or what Keith calls
Household Compost Activator, in other words, urine.
Yes I guess I could put in some
I didn't mean to imply that just because I live in a city I wouldn't want
to grow food. I have done a lot of that in the city. It just so happens
that I now live in a particularly nasty area on the railroad tracks and
every time the trains go by (once every 15 minutes it seems) a huge cloud
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Greenhouse problems, heat in summer you can use shade cloth over the
greenhouse or shade compound on outside of glazing. Will keep greenhouse
10-15 degrees cooler. In winter, use double glazing, insulation below benchs,
if axis is east west- insulate north, east, and west walls, also north
Hi, I tried to send this yesterday, but my computer told me it was too
hot to work.
I'm a city guy these
days, but when I retire to the boondocks I'll be composting and
using a septic tank, so I'm trying to learn about it ahead of time.
If you are going to be composting, why do you
Hi,
Thought let you know all that worm composting even
if you live in urban area may be a good altarnative.
Since most of the people here are concrened about
enviroment this is another env friendly.
I have started worm compost in my patio for all the
kitchen waste using 10 gallons of
Yes, if you look in the city gardening especially the container
gardening pages of journeytoforever, you'll find a wealth of info on
truly viable gardening in tiny spaces. I'm playing around with the
concept found at http://journeytoforever.org/garden_con-mexico.html this
year. We have a
Harmon wrote:
Yes, if you look in the city gardening especially the container
gardening pages of journeytoforever, you'll find a wealth of info on
truly viable gardening in tiny spaces. I'm playing around with the
concept found at http://journeytoforever.org/garden_con-mexico.html this
Composting toilets resolve water issues and enhance soils.
That's exactly right, that's what we have to do. I prefer restore
to enhance though - the stuff goes back to where it came from,
according to the natural cycle. Flush toilets break that cycle, like
many other things we do. That broken
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