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Re[4]: Thanks, Composters

Margaret wrote:
>What do your neighbors do with their lawn clippings?  Aren't there any
>riding stables in that area?  Tree trimmers?  Just east of you there are
>vinyards.  What do the vinyards do with the grape pulp residue?  Margaret

I wouldn't want my neighbors lawn clippings for the same reason I don't
want my back yard lawn clippings. The lawn is St. Augustine, and the
stolons are not killed in the hot compost pile - they will reroot and
they are very invasive. Besides, my neighbor uses weed and feed - chemicals.
I do use my front lawn clippings - Marathon fescue. No riding stables
in the area that I know of, however, even if there were, and there are
dairy farms not too far away, the amount of waste they generate causes
them to sell their manure to companies that will compost it...
Lots of tree trimmers, since our wind storm, but you can't expect wood
to decompose in the pile. I got my gardener to give me about 10 extra
bags of dry leaves. I only have a small pile - don't want to overload
it with too much of one thing. I'm not too concerned about obtaining
manure or chicken manure or grape pulp residue for my compost pile.
I was more interested in cheap sources of wood, iron rods, wood
pallets, etc. But thanks for the suggestions.
Shawn
Claremont, Ca (USDA zone 9b?, Sunset zone 19?)
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
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