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Re: Re[4]: Thanks, Composters

At 03:28 PM 1/21/97 PST, you wrote:
>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
>
Wooden pallets are most common at lumberyards.  Even office supplies (such
as OfficeMax) come in on pallets.  Look behind some mini-malls.  Margaret
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