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04-22-2009, 10:48 AM
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| Cleopatra Jones  Member Since: May 2002 Location: Ten Miles of Bad Road For Every Hood in Town...
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| Composte Pile Anyone have one? Easy to make and maintain? I'd say easily our food trash constitutes about 1/3 to 1/2 of our total trash. We LOVE to do things outside in the yard/garden so I'm thinking this is probably a very good thing for us to consider. I'm just looking for general input and anything anyone can tell me.
__________________ I've been living my life, okay? I've been in good relationships and I've been in ####ty ones... and I've moved alot... and I've been happy, and I've been sad... and I've been lonely... and that is what I've been doing. Which is a lot more then I can say for some freak, who thinks he's gonna get the Ebola virus from a bowl of mixed nuts. ~ Along Came Polly Last edited by pixiegirl; 04-22-2009 at 10:52 AM. |
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04-22-2009, 11:10 AM
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| I have garlic breath.  Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: Mechanicsville, MD
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Here's one I used... Composting - a guide for making compost at home | |
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04-22-2009, 11:12 AM
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| ....  Member Since: Sep 2003 Location: Lend me some sugar, cuz I am your neighbor
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Go for it! It's been ages since I've had one. Get a bin to keep the rascles out. Coffee grounds and egg shells are great nutrients for the soil.  | |
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04-22-2009, 11:18 AM
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| Registered User  Member Since: May 2003
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| Never Try to recycle anything meat based, grease, oil etc. Only veggies, egg shells, coffee grounds etc. Some also add grass clippings and leaves in small amounts.
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04-22-2009, 11:19 AM
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| My Sweetest Boy  Member Since: Mar 2002
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__________________ If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you. - Winnie the Pooh The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola  | |
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04-22-2009, 11:21 AM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Mar 2007 Location: on cloud nine
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 My Aunt and Uncle have one (they are in the Dentsiville area) and have quite a few houses in their neighborhood and I have never heard them complain about a lot of creatures getting into it... but they may just be leaving that part out when they rave about their compost pile
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04-22-2009, 11:22 AM
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| I Need a Life Member Since: Jul 2008 Location: From Harlem to Hong Kong
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04-22-2009, 11:24 AM
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| Pea Brain  Member Since: Jan 2004 Location: Calvert County
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| Great Earth Day thread!  |
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04-22-2009, 11:33 AM
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| ************  Member Since: Oct 2003 Location: Over the Bridge.
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| Do it, Pixie! When we were kids, my Dad built a really big one, because we had garden, too. He used thick plywood and built a door on the bottom with a big hinge. We used it on the garden. Just opened the hinge door and get it from the bottom. We had the BEST tomatoes, and green peppers. Plus, when Dad took me bass fishing, the best worms were also in there |
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04-22-2009, 11:55 AM
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| Bored Mommy  Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Off the grid
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Collect your compost goods daily and throw them in the pile. Every so often toss some fill dirt on top of the whole mess and water well. This helps break everything down. No meats/fats/oils/cheese. When my annuals were done last fall, I dumped them in the compost pile. Damned if they didn't come back | |
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