Posted by Sheldon on August 1, 2008, 2:08 pm
> >> I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
> >> of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
> >> double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.
> >> So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually �I plan to have 3.
> >> I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
> >> use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
> >> will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access.
> >> But what to do next? �I have read so much here and on google that I am
> >> utterly confused.
> >> Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
> >> order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?
> >> Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
> >> layers? �I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
> >> when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
> >> cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
> >> maybe throw in some straw if it available.
> >> Do I have to add accelerators? �Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
> >> it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!
> >> Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
> >> now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
> >> sickly sludge that it no good for anything.
> >> Ed
> >Just dump it in a pile and keep it damp. Does not matter whether you
> >layer it or otherwise.
> >It's really not rocket science. <g>
> >I personally use construction grade giant trash bags. Fill them and
> >leave them open at the top. �I let them sit for a year or so.
> >Makes great compost.
> I use leaves and leave it in the rain gutters for a couple of years.
> :-) �Also makes great compost.
Composting is a verb... you compost to make humus.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humus
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Posted by Omelet on August 1, 2008, 2:12 pm
In article
> > >> I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
> > >> of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
> > >> double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.
> >
> > >> So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually ?I plan to have 3.
> >
> > >> I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
> > >> use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
> > >> will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for
> > >> access.
> >
> > >> But what to do next? ?I have read so much here and on google that I am
> > >> utterly confused.
> >
> > >> Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
> > >> order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?
> >
> > >> Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
> > >> layers? ?I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
> > >> when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
> > >> cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
> > >> maybe throw in some straw if it available.
> >
> > >> Do I have to add accelerators? ?Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
> > >> it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!
> >
> > >> Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
> > >> now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
> > >> sickly sludge that it no good for anything.
> >
> > >> Ed
> > >Just dump it in a pile and keep it damp. Does not matter whether you
> > >layer it or otherwise.
> > >It's really not rocket science. <g>
> > >I personally use construction grade giant trash bags. Fill them and
> > >leave them open at the top. ?I let them sit for a year or so.
> > >Makes great compost.
> >
> > I use leaves and leave it in the rain gutters for a couple of years.
> > :-) ?Also makes great compost.
>
> Composting is a verb... you compost to make humus.
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humus
>
> ---
How do you build your compost/humus heaps Shel' baby?
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Peace! Om
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Posted by David Hare-Scott on August 2, 2008, 10:02 am
> >
> > Composting is a verb... you compost to make humus.
> >
> > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humus
> >
> > ---
> How do you build your compost/humus heaps Shel' baby?
> --
> Peace! Om
He talks into it.
David
Posted by AZ Nomad on August 1, 2008, 3:19 pm
>> >> I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
>> >> of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
>> >> double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.
>>
>> >> So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually ?I plan to have 3.
>>
>> >> I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
>> >> use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
>> >> will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access.
>>
>> >> But what to do next? ?I have read so much here and on google that I am
>> >> utterly confused.
>>
>> >> Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
>> >> order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?
>>
>> >> Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
>> >> layers? ?I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
>> >> when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
>> >> cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
>> >> maybe throw in some straw if it available.
>>
>> >> Do I have to add accelerators? ?Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
>> >> it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!
>>
>> >> Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
>> >> now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
>> >> sickly sludge that it no good for anything.
>>
>> >> Ed
>> >Just dump it in a pile and keep it damp. Does not matter whether you
>> >layer it or otherwise.
>> >It's really not rocket science. <g>
>> >I personally use construction grade giant trash bags. Fill them and
>> >leave them open at the top. ?I let them sit for a year or so.
>> >Makes great compost.
>>
>> I use leaves and leave it in the rain gutters for a couple of years.
>> :-) ?Also makes great compost.
>Composting is a verb... you compost to make humus.
>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humus
Yes, and compost is a noun.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compost
Main Entry:
com·post
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin, neuter
of compositus, compostus, past participle of componere
Date:
1587
1 : a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and
is used for fertilizing and conditioning land 2 : mixture, compound
Posted by z on August 1, 2008, 3:35 pm
> I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
> of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
> double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.
> So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually I plan to have 3.
> I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
> use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
> will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access.
> But what to do next? I have read so much here and on google that I am
> utterly confused.
> Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
> order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?
> Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
> layers? I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
> when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
> cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
> maybe throw in some straw if it available.
> Do I have to add accelerators? Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
> it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!
> Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
> now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
> sickly sludge that it no good for anything.
> Ed
also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she goes into
the compost. (alive!!!)
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> >> of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
> >> double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.
> >> So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually �I plan to have 3.
> >> I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
> >> use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
> >> will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access.
> >> But what to do next? �I have read so much here and on google that I am
> >> utterly confused.
> >> Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
> >> order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?
> >> Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
> >> layers? �I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
> >> when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
> >> cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
> >> maybe throw in some straw if it available.
> >> Do I have to add accelerators? �Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
> >> it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!
> >> Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
> >> now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
> >> sickly sludge that it no good for anything.
> >> Ed
> >Just dump it in a pile and keep it damp. Does not matter whether you
> >layer it or otherwise.
> >It's really not rocket science. <g>
> >I personally use construction grade giant trash bags. Fill them and
> >leave them open at the top. �I let them sit for a year or so.
> >Makes great compost.
> I use leaves and leave it in the rain gutters for a couple of years.
> :-) �Also makes great compost.