Post subject: Thanksgiving Goodies for the Compost Pile
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 8:33 am
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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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William Cureton
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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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Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 8:15 am Posts: 963 Location: Odenville,Alabama
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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William Cureton
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2003 2:41 pm Posts: 4 Location: San Antonio, Texas
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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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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