Comments on: Do you have a compost heap, worm farm or both?

By: Roy

Roy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:59 +0000

Compost bins. I would not be without them, all my garden 'waste' ( note the inverted commas! ) goes in, including shredded hedge trimmings, branches etc.
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By: sonomanona

sonomanona — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:35:59 +0000

I have simplified my composting by raising chickens, ducks, and geese. In order to protect the poultry from predators, I have them in large pens with a wire "roof" overhead, except for when I let them out – under supervision – to weed the garden. Almost all my kitchen waste, including meat leftovers which couldn’t go into a compost pile – are fed to the poultry. They "recycle" it into eggs and manure. Since I keep the pens and coops with straw bedding, the manure and straw mixes together into a really nice mixture of nitrogen and carbon. Every fall I dig out the straw/ manure mix and haul it out to fallow areas of the garden, and by spring, it has decomposed to make a very fertile planting bed. Lots of resident worms appreciate it, too.
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By: padrote chingon

padrote chingon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:24:59 +0000

I am composting my leaves, apples from my trees, grass and other junk….this is the first time i have every had a compost pile….IT STINKS….there are flies and little crickets everywhere, and worms and who knows what else

I got sick of putting all my clippings into a lawn and leaf bags, so i am going to try this for a while…i hope it works, because im not happy with it so far
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By: Mac Attack

Mac Attack — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:05:59 +0000

Yes I have both however I also have an extra that I call my ‘Garden Soup’. Garden Soup consists of a large bucket with a lid filled to the brim with ALL your green waste, bulbs – yes onion weed bulbs and oxalis all go into the bin. Fill with water and let it sit for about a week or so, your nose will tell you when this is ready. Smells just like fresh horse manure. You may need to water this down a bit, me – I just water it on straight. My household only puts our garbage bins out once per month. You should see my garden, and I live in Qld. We are on Level 3 water restrictions- bucketing only.
Oh…some people don’t know that you do not put dairy and or meat products in your compost.
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By: kimberhill

kimberhill — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:55:59 +0000

No – I don’t have either.

I rent a house and the garden we have is basically just a hedge at the front of our house which even in the midst of a drought looks like it will never die. Also we plan on moving in to an apartment soon and I will be damned if I will go and spend money on something for my landlord to keep.

But if I lived in a house long term and had a garden I would
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By: floyd lover

floyd lover — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:59 +0000

I have poor sandy soil, so I'm a firm believer in composting to build it up! I have several piles going in different stages of completion, and use the black gold to work into my soil as soon as it becomes available! I haven't had much luck with worm farming because it is so danged hot here in South Carolina that they don't seem to be able to survive unless they go down deep.
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By: raininmyshoe

raininmyshoe — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:26:59 +0000

Neither, but the neighbor's dog left a heap of shit in the yard the other day.
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By: ah64dtk

ah64dtk — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:44:59 +0000

i use to live on prince edward island and they had a massve provincial comsoting thing like garbage collection they took every thing that was organic and turned in to compose for farms and you could also buy it bake super cheap for your own garden with the guarantee that it would be good quality.
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By: Geri H

Geri H — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:04:59 +0000

Your right, composting is one of the best ways of recycling!! My husband calls my compost pile the compost dump! It’s hard to believe how much stuff goes into it.
Plants absolutely love the stuff. Keep it up, it’s great for the environment.
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By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:27:59 +0000

I sometimes just put my orange peels and other peels in my mum's plants that are all over the house. lol It does help the plant though a lot
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