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Debby
Joined: 07 Oct 2003
Posts: 31
Location: Gainesville Tx
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:40 pm Post subject: I saw steam!! |
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| WaaHoo!!! I was lifting my compost pile w/ my pitchfork in a few places for aeration. And I saw steam and i even felt heat! I thought you guys were nuts! I take it all back! :D |
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chuckfranke
Joined: 08 Oct 2003
Posts: 125
Location: Rowlett TX
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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LOL, I hate to be the one to break this news but steam from the compost pile in no way changes the fact that we are nuts.
My vermicomposting bin this morning was only 'warm' on the top 6" where the soldier fly roam and the funghi and bacteria play but about a foot below them (where thier doodoo falls and the molasses seeps and the pumpkin sludge falls) the thermometer was showing 170 and there was visible steam all around the bin.
Still can't feed those buggers as fast as they can eat - 50 pounds of pumkin is down to a few stems and a layer of soldier fly poop in less than a week. |
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Kathe Kitchens
Joined: 21 May 2003
Posts: 829
Location: Dallas,TX
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:25 pm Post subject: Heat, steam..It's all good. |
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Man, don't you wish somebody would come up with a way to heat your house with this? Maybe somebody already has? If you know, share! My pile is steaming too but I lack a thermometer. I figure if I can feel the heat a foot away and it's 48 degrees outside, I got something fierce going on in there! 8)
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CaptainCompostAL
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Irondale,Alabama
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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