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Re: About that global warming

By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 24 May 24 4:53 AM | 31 view(s)
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Re: “Do you have a compost box? Mine is about a four foot cube.”Thanks for the suggestion, but no. No box. The last time I made compost, it was a 6' x 15' pile of leaves, grass, manure and plant debris, about 4' high. It didn't compost as quickly as expected, maybe because of the cold winters. I spent a lot of time turning it and it was still three years before it was ready. There also was a shortage of worms. I think that before the compost pile froze, they burrowed deep into the earth beneath the pile and hibernated. They didn't return to that pile until mid summer each year, and never in quantity.

I have a larger property now - though there aren't as many nearby deciduous trees with their wonderful leaves.

I do plan to make a compost pile but when I get around to it, it's not going to fit in a box.





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Re: About that global warming
By: Zimbler0 in 6TH POPE
Fri, 24 May 24 3:56 AM 		Msg. 53466 of 60008

Decomposed > I think it might be because I used very old potting soil, some of which came from old pots (so it had been used before.)

De,
You don't really think 'used potting soil' is going to have any of the nutrients (that the plants need) in it any more do you?

Black Cow. That is a composted cow manure. It's what I use in my garden.

Do you have a compost box? Mine is about a four foot cube. Build yourself one. In the fall rake up all the 'leaf litter' you can find and fill it up. Next year build another compost box. After a couple few years you should have some really rich, black dirt in the box. (I also put worms whenever I find them in my compost box.)

True story. I had my compost box under a tree once upon a time. My girlFriend went and planted some of her 'Ampalaya' in the compost box. Ampalaya is an Asian vegetable also known as 'bittermelon' and she REALLY loves the stuff. It is also a climbing viney type plant. And it clomb out of the compost box and up into the tree. The poor girl had to get a tall stepladder to get up into the tree and harvest her fruits.

Zim.

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