RE: composting



----------
From: 	Wade & Michelle Peterson[SMTP:wdpmap@lse.fullfeed.com]
Sent: 	Saturday, April 18, 1998 5:11 PM
To: 	perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: 	composting

I just started my very first compost pile!  I have a few questions.

I had five bags of leaves from last fall sitting around waiting for me
to start my compost pile, so I dumped all of that in.  I don't have much
for green to add to it, does that matter?  If I keep adding stuff to it,
like from my kitchen and my yard, when can I use the copost?  If I add
stuff all this year can I use it next year?  Or should I get another one
going to add to instead of adding to the one I just started?

Michelle

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS


Our experience with composting is that you can easily use it after one year.  I then seive it and put it on my perennial beds.  This year I had about 10 wheelbarrow loads.

We have two fenced-in areas side by side and after I have cleaned out one, we start refilling it.  This way we have a new pile every year.  All our weeds, kitchen and vegetable garden refuse goes in it, with the exception of corn stalks--they don't even break down in a year.

Jean, Zone 7, Md
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index