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Post by binnylou on Jan 28, 2022 16:51:52 GMT -5
I’m guessing that our “finished compost pile” is rock hard and frozen solid. I started sifting this fall, adding to the raised beds. Then I ran out of fall weather…I do wish I had harvested some to be stored in the garden shed.
We have multiple Folger containers of kitchen scraps that will go to compost pile, when the snow disappears. Until then, they can stay in the garage. Don’t need that stink in the kitchen.
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Post by raphanus on Jan 30, 2022 8:25:08 GMT -5
Composting is hard for me because weeds instantly invade the compost piles. I built on of those large blue rain barrel compost tumblers once and that was cool but got too heavy and broke. I usually just throw food scraps into the chicken pen now. I’ve also tried the DTG method of trench composting and/or always just keeping one raised bed as a compost pile and rotating, a different raised bed is the compost pile each season. Last time I did composting on a large scale, it attracted mice. The chickens seem to do an ok job of composting food scraps so far
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Post by raphanus on Feb 5, 2022 20:18:04 GMT -5
I decided to use the new raised bed for composting. It’s all wooden, 12 ft by 6 ft, 3-4 ft tall. Hopefully the weeds and mice don’t get into it. Filling it with oak leaves, chicken manure, banana peels, coffee grounds, egg shells, and apple cores
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Post by Wheelgarden on Feb 5, 2022 21:22:15 GMT -5
Now that we've had four strong arms and three legs working together for a couple of years, DS and I have made some good cold-composted black-gold goodness in the pile. Nothing has improved my soil more than "compo". If it came down to it, I might pick good compost over a hoe or shovel as my favorite garden tool.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 8, 2022 7:51:15 GMT -5
I was hoping to harvest finished compost from my pile last week but most of the shredded chestnut burrs on the sides were still "ouchy." I guess I probably shouldn't have let those tomatoes and pumpkins grow in there last year as it kept me from turning the pile.
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