Comments on: Attempting to Compost (need help!) http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/ Life, Family, Everything.. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Signe http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Signe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:19:45 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-182 Thanks for the site! That's def a good one. It had tips on winter composting, which I was also thinking about. Thanks for the site! That’s def a good one. It had tips on winter composting, which I was also thinking about.

]]> By: Wayne http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Wayne Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:21:38 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-177 Hey, lookie what I found....odorless composting! lol http://ecologue.com/ShowArticle/odor-free-composting-tips Hey, lookie what I found….odorless composting! lol

http://ecologue.com/ShowArticle/odor-free-composting-tips

]]> By: Signe http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Signe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:03:22 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-174 LOL! Going green, one clueless step at a time. LOL! Going green, one clueless step at a time.

]]> By: Wayne http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Wayne Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:16:13 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-173 Hell, I'll give you 50% if ANYTHING happens there. If you think it has merit, I'd be willing to co-author it. hahaha Hell, I’ll give you 50% if ANYTHING happens there. If you think it has merit, I’d be willing to co-author it. hahaha

]]> By: Signe http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Signe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-172 Wow, thanks! It does sound like a lot, but I've heard the same things...that it's fantastic for a garden. We have the space.... Wow, thanks! It does sound like a lot, but I’ve heard the same things…that it’s fantastic for a garden. We have the space….

]]> By: Midwest Mom http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Midwest Mom Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:32:37 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-171 My family composts, and we love it. We made a 2-bay compost pile at the back of our lot (we live in town, so there were rules to follow). My husband put in posts and fencing around 3 sides of each bay. We fill one at a time with fruit and vegetable scraps from the kitchen, mown grass, leaves, weeds, coffee grounds -- basically anything that will break down over time. (No meat or dairy, though... that will get stinky and bring out the 'critters') After one year, we start to fill up the other bin, just letting the first one decompose naturally. Then, after that one's full and another winter has passed (I know this seems like a long time, but it's not so bad), we move everything that hasn't broken down from the first bin over to the full side, and take out wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow full of compost. My garden has never grown better than when we work compost into it. I know that there are "barrel" composters on the market that are enclosed and smaller. You have to add water to them and turn a crank to get them to work. But your best bet might be to get a book on composting at your local library. Good for you for trying it! It's not as yuchy as it seems, and there really is a garden payoff at the end. :) - MM My family composts, and we love it. We made a 2-bay compost pile at the back of our lot (we live in town, so there were rules to follow). My husband put in posts and fencing around 3 sides of each bay. We fill one at a time with fruit and vegetable scraps from the kitchen, mown grass, leaves, weeds, coffee grounds — basically anything that will break down over time. (No meat or dairy, though… that will get stinky and bring out the ‘critters’) After one year, we start to fill up the other bin, just letting the first one decompose naturally. Then, after that one’s full and another winter has passed (I know this seems like a long time, but it’s not so bad), we move everything that hasn’t broken down from the first bin over to the full side, and take out wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow full of compost. My garden has never grown better than when we work compost into it.

I know that there are “barrel” composters on the market that are enclosed and smaller. You have to add water to them and turn a crank to get them to work. But your best bet might be to get a book on composting at your local library.

Good for you for trying it! It’s not as yuchy as it seems, and there really is a garden payoff at the end. :)

- MM

]]> By: Signe http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Signe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:25:03 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-170 :D Do I get 10% of your profits for the title? :D Do I get 10% of your profits for the title?

]]> By: Wayne http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Wayne Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:00:29 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-165 I suppose it would. I was going for the 'well, it's supposed to change into dirt right?' approach. Dirt doesn't smell so....? Just a random passing thought that found it's way here. green urge...hahaha Alright...I opened a blogger account called green urge...silly. I know. But that's catchy right there... I suppose it would. I was going for the ‘well, it’s supposed to change into dirt right?’ approach. Dirt doesn’t smell so….? Just a random passing thought that found it’s way here.

green urge…hahaha

Alright…I opened a blogger account called green urge…silly. I know. But that’s catchy right there…

]]> By: Signe http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Signe Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:53:26 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-162 lol...the "green urge!" I have no idea what would happen....I imagine it'd get kinda funky? lol…the “green urge!”
I have no idea what would happen….I imagine it’d get kinda funky?

]]> By: Wayne http://signesays.com/blog/2008/09/10/attempting-to-compost-need-help/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Wayne Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:45:35 +0000 http://signesays.com/blog/?p=468#comment-161 Ya know, I'm no gardener...but for some strange reason I've always wanted a compost. Not that I'd do anything with it, but I have this urge to put biodegradable goods in a pile... Call me odd. Would just doing that and not using the results of the compost begin to smell bad? Ya know, I’m no gardener…but for some strange reason I’ve always wanted a compost. Not that I’d do anything with it, but I have this urge to put biodegradable goods in a pile…

Call me odd. Would just doing that and not using the results of the compost begin to smell bad?

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