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Re: Compost

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Hi all.  Regarding composting bins---a friend of mine has a neighbor who uses
straw bales for a "bin".  Four will do, touching corners, creating a hole in the
middle.  The great bonus here in Colorado--or any cold winter place---is that
she puts a pane of glass over it to keep the heat in and in the Spring puts her
seedling trays down in it (under the glass) and uses it like a greenhouse!
Cool.   Straw bales are about $4 each.  Pane of glass??? costs vary.  I think
this is a fantastic idea!  Cheap and efficient.  The straw also decomposes over
time and adds to the compost mixture.   And, if you are looking for a black
plastic bin--Costco has them for $33.    Lorri in Parker, CO where we had a FOOT
of snow meassured on a small table in our back yard this morning!!! Yikes!  Zone
5 or am I in Alaska?!

Sammy's huwumin wrote:

> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 05:06:38 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >
> >So I haven't started composting yet but have been collecting some
> >materials. But in this pristine environment I was thinking about buying one
> >of those $80 black plastic bins. Is this just a waste of money? Is it silly
> >to do it at all if I can't do three piles? (And 3 x $80 is far too much
> >money.)
> i bought one & it's a waste of money, IMNSHO.  don't need 3!  Can
> build fom pallets, use nothing (free-form!) is fine, or see if your
> county extension has any available.  Where I live I can get black
> plastic with holes in it - you form it into a round.  for $5. from the
> county.  Looks like s/t you mite grow potatoes in!
> HTH,
> Judy (zone 7, close-in SS, MD)
> to e-mail me:  jcosler@mindspring.com
>
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