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Re: Hello from the Shenendoah Valley

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In a message dated 4/10/99 07:16:04 AM, frankf@cfw.com writes:

<< I need a push to choose one way over the other (barrels, cages,
boxes, piles, etc).  Any suggestions?>>

Hi Frank,

Any system will work if you "turn" your compost pile to keep it mixed up.  A  
compost pile should get hot, when it cools, mix it up, add more material, wet 
it down.  I bought  one of those rather large plastic compost bins, it works 
as long as I keep the material mixed up.  If left to it self, it takes a very 
long time to compost.  If I had it to  do over a gain, I'd buy the bin that's 
round and can rotate.  I may still buy one, don't know.  The best system I've 
ever seen was concrete and cinderblock made into three bins, 4wX4lX4h, no 
front.  You fill the first one, month later turn the whole pile into the 
second bin, refill the first, a month later, turn the pile in the second bin 
into the third bin to finish,  put the first into the second, fill the first 
you get the idea.  It's too rich for my blood, but it's the best I've ever 
seen.

Ed in SW Illinois
Where it's raining today too.


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