Re: mildew

Thanks Clare for the reassurances about compost, and especially for the
idea of the circular pattern;

our compost is in one large wooden box, with slats in the top and
grating on the front, and the box is about three and one half feet
deep;  that means that I have to take out the top part, which isn't
compost yet, to get to the bottom, which is;

this is a lot of work, and your idea is much more sensible, as well as
less demanding of the muscles and back, so here's one convert!

Isabelle Hayes

 
> On compost and mildew.  Most gardeners keep compost piles and good thing at
> that as it is the most useful thing to do with garden waste.  I personally,
> just me here - no cooperative extension bulletin stuff,  believe you cannot
> keep a compost pile pristine - free of the many afflictions of garden plants.
>  So, I throw everything that comes out of the gardens into the compost.  The
> compost here is in several locations as aging makes one less tidy and more
> interested in conserving energy.  We have a large compost operation that is a
> no work sort of process.  You use a circular pattern and take compost from
> one end and add to the other.  The compost used is usually three or more
> years in process this way.  Add sods when you have them and water if you are
> nearby with a hose.  This speeds it up although speeding up is not of
> interest to me.  It takes me around two or three years to get to the used end
> of the pile so nature does all the work.

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