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Big Fat White Grubs in My Compost.

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

I was digging and sifting my compost and I have these great big ugly
white grubs about the size of my thumb.  What should I do with them?  I
get about 3 or 4 with each batch of compost I sift.  I will be using up
all my compost so I will be getting rid of all of the creepy things. 
Are they bad to have in the compost or is this a sign that I have a good
compost??  Help. Debbie

Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> This is -not- an organic gardening list, it is a Square Foot Gardening list.
> It is based upon the method described in the book Square Foot Gardening, in
> which practices which might not qualify as Organic are described. Although I
> and several others on the list -do- practice Organic Gardening, it would be
> wrong to assume that this list is appropriate for the discussion of Organic
> Gardening except in passing as it relates to a question about Square Foot
> Gardening.
> 
> I have problems sticking to this suggestion myself, but I still think it's a
> good Idea to keep this list on topic without excluding folk who go by the
> book. Although I am sure we would welcome -any- other gardeners who want to
> learn about SQ FT gardening,  I would be among those who would complain if
> we got too far into Organic Gardening. Partly because I also get sick of the
> Elitist bickering you are talking about, and wouldn't want it to start here.
> 
> The problem is that Organic Gardening does not have a book. It has many.
> Each different. Even the terms you used in your short description lead to
> debate. Which chemicals are 'not Natural'? What did 'Mother Nature' give us?
> Are pyrethrums OK when you make an extract in your kitchen, but not when a
> large company does the extracting? Problems and debates everywhere.
> 
> However, whenever we have a question, at some point we can go back to the
> book and say, "Well, you can do whatever you want to, but Mel says to do
> it -this- way". And if Mel says it, it is -by definition- Square Foot
> Gardening. No debate. He made up the name, he gets to write the definition.
> 
> Just my Opinion.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Deborah J. Martin [m*@zianet.com]
> Sent:   Thursday, February 18, 1999 1:40 AM
> To:     sqft list
> Subject:        Organic
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I am a member of this really great, or better yet was a really great
> list that is being torn apart by a select few debating what is and what
> is not organic.  I was always lead to believe that the use of any
> chemicals that were no natural was not organic.  That you needed to use
> only what mother nature gave you to grow in the garden.  I do not wish
> this to become a debate, just correct me if I am wrong. Also, do we have
> members that do not square foot garden?  Is it ok for me to give out
> this URL to those member on the other list that wish to garden
> organically??  I am so new at gardening that I don't want to do it
> wrong. Debbie
> 
> http://www.zianet.com/martin/martin9.htm
> 
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