Anyone into composting ??
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My personal feelings are that it works if you can do a couple things.
1. volume. I don't need a coffee can full of compost for my garden, I need a dump truck full. That means using a method involving the LEAST amount of work possible. It also requires a high volume of material.
2. Access to material (cow poo and waste hay here )
3. physical effort.
I have been composting the waste hay and cow manure from our critters. Its more work than I care to do for compost but it must be done to keep the flies down.
Collect/pile/cover with black plastic for a couple weeks. Then I put the tiller on the tractor and go grind it all up. Cover and let it rot down more. The cover heats it up breaking down seeds and killing the fly larva/eggs.
1. volume. I don't need a coffee can full of compost for my garden, I need a dump truck full. That means using a method involving the LEAST amount of work possible. It also requires a high volume of material.
2. Access to material (cow poo and waste hay here )
3. physical effort.
I have been composting the waste hay and cow manure from our critters. Its more work than I care to do for compost but it must be done to keep the flies down.
Collect/pile/cover with black plastic for a couple weeks. Then I put the tiller on the tractor and go grind it all up. Cover and let it rot down more. The cover heats it up breaking down seeds and killing the fly larva/eggs.
What fishboy1 said. If you have access to the quantity you need it's fairly easy.
gil1
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I love composting. I personally prefer veggie matter over animal matter, so I stick to leaves, grass cuttings and table scraps. Basically, I grab about 40 bags of leaves from my yard and the neighbors. I have also asked the neighbors' landscapers to leave me the bagged grass clippings in spring and fall, maybe 8 bags of grass.
I store all this bagged stuff under a big boat cover/tarp and add to the compost piles as needed throughout the season. I have three bins, all in progress at all times. I made them for free from wooden pallets. I use about 1/3 for a cool season garden and the rest for a warm season garden.
It can be work, but my garden is infinitely better since I've started feeding my veggies. Give it a try.
I store all this bagged stuff under a big boat cover/tarp and add to the compost piles as needed throughout the season. I have three bins, all in progress at all times. I made them for free from wooden pallets. I use about 1/3 for a cool season garden and the rest for a warm season garden.
It can be work, but my garden is infinitely better since I've started feeding my veggies. Give it a try.
Poor redneck
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I have been composting for years. Any kitchen scraps that are not oily or have meat. I dont ever have any grass to put in (reckon I could mow my yard less to let it grow more). I use leaves and any saw dust I creat when I cut my fire wood in the back yard. I do not ever have a lot of compost, but a little is better than none. I don't really pay a lot of attention to it I just throw stuff on there and turn it with a pitch fork every few weeks and then throw in the garden and till it in.
spoon
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I'm too lazy to turn the pile, let it cook it's self for a year
I have been composting for years now. I use garden waste, leaves, grass clippings, and horse manure. Keep a sheet of heavy black plastic over it and let it "cook." I don't bother with trying to turn it.
The resulting compost is well worth the effort.
The resulting compost is well worth the effort.
