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CaptainCompostAL
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Irondale,Alabama
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 8:33 am Post subject: Thanksgiving Goodies for the Compost Pile |
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I love the holidays where lots of folks enjoy eating, that means more food scraps for the compost piles!
I going out on the prowl today all over several neighborhoods and businesses, to collect truck loads of old pumpkins and hay bales for the piles. Plus I think I'll try aerobically, hot composting and making some aerated teas, out of old chicken and turkey wastes, if I have enough to use.
Yum! Yum! Homemade chicken/turkey blood-bone meal or turkey emulsion! (LOL)
Happy Gardening everybody! |
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Nadine
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Carrollton,TEXAS
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you go to the trouble of chopping up the turkey neck before placing it in the pile? Just curious... |
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CaptainCompostAL
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Not really. I usually chop large chunky stuff in my stockpiles with either my hoe or a mattock. The extra nitrogen and aerobic microbes in my piles digest the bones very quick. |
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LILI61
Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Hubby and I were peeling and chopping on Thanksgiving day, and looking at the pile of good compost ingredients, I suggested we go around to the neighbors and ask for their stuff. He didn't appreciate that idea, unfortunately. Oh well! |
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Nadine
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Carrollton,TEXAS
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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LILI61 wrote: Hubby and I were peeling and chopping on Thanksgiving day, and looking at the pile of good compost ingredients, I suggested we go around to the neighbors and ask for their stuff. He didn't appreciate that idea, unfortunately. Oh well!
Too bad. I think it is a great idea! The lady I previously lived next door to would give me her kitchen scraps. Another lady gave me her dog drops! :) |
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