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Re: Compost!

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One day, I'll learn how to be a good gardener.  Here's my take on compost:

If I threw all my yard waste and kitchen scraps into the trash can, it'd sit
in the landfill for centuries.
If I left my yard clippings and rakings out on the curb, I'd have to
remember what day to put it out there, and buy those big brown bags.  Then
the city would compost 'em, and they'd go into somebody else's yard.

So, I got 4 old pallets from behind somebody's shipping dock and nailed 'em
together.  After dinner, I throw all of our veggie scraps in there.  After I
have my coffee, I toss the filter & grounds in there.  When we rake leaves,
we throw that in there.   Our ratio of brown to green is very scientific:
(Whatever we rake up) / (The other stuff)

Sometimes I toss something in my compost bin and think, "Gee, it's been a
while since I stirred this stuff" and grab a shovel or a bamboo pole that's
laying around and stir that stuff.

This system will, if strictly followed and put into an electronic day
planner, make perfect compost.

Tom
Austin, TX
Whatever Zone That Would Be






-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Teuton <fteuton@total.net>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: Compost!


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>Other than worms, the usual suspects in poop are Salmonella and coliform
>bacteria.
>
>If you get heat, that'll typically kill off these bad guys; or if you use a
>system with high biological activity, that will usually off them as well.
>When in doubt, time is a great healer and cleanser....
>
>In fact, worm composting in a flow through system kills off Salmonella and
>coliform bacteria, and the final product is not susceptible to
>re-inoculation, something that isn't always true for thermophilic compost.
>
>For dogs on vermicides, the problem is that the vermicide has to be given
>time to break down before you can feed it to your worm bin, or it will kill
>your worms too!
>
>I know of a company in Australia that sells a vermicomposting system
>designed for dog and cat wastes, and they are planning a two tiered system
>with a pre-composting tumbler unit and a flow thru style worm composter...
>
>Vermicomposting of un medicated carnivore wastes has not yet been shown to
>consistently destroy the parasitic worms, and for most people, such
material
>is best discarded and kept out of the compost pile.
>
>However, if you are determined, a yard sale crock pot can be acquired, and
>batches of the material 'cooked' to destroy all pathogens, and then you
only
>have odor control to worry about...
>
>Frank--delivers the scoop, on composting dog poop....:-)
>
>
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>>>  Anyway, I also wanted to mention that it's usually strongly suggested
>NOT
>>to
>>>  use dog poop (little technical term there) -- because it could contain
>>>  parasites harmful to humans.
>>You know, I'd heard that, but someone suggested it as a source of
nitrogen.
>>My pack's on -- what the heck is it -- Heartguard?  The antiworm stuff? --
>>and Advantage, so I'm pretty sure they're wormless.  Not sure what else I
>>should worry about, though.
>>
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