Extreme Composting

Forerunner · #**2381** 04/16/13, 02:32 PM

You evil, evil man, Lurnin2 !!

Just look at all those innocent chips that you've robbed and constructively repurposed from some needy and forlorn landfill.

The nerve !

The atrocity !

I'm tellin' the Grumpy Old Men on you.

lurnin2farm · #**2382** 04/16/13, 06:03 PM

I'm blaming it all on you.

you started this mess.

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So far 10 loads they didnt have to drive 30 miles round trip to dump. 300 miles saved plus wear and tear on the trucks. Not sure if they have to pay to dump it but if they do then more savings. Sheesh, I'm single handedly destroying the economy.

Rafter B · #**2383** 04/16/13, 08:06 PM

thank you lurning2farm. always love pictures. nice work

CesumPec · #**2384** 04/16/13, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Oswego

How about a load of BS, I can call and give it to you or talk about it here

LOL

Sadly, even though Cow S works great in the compost pile, Bull S just hangs around forever, stinking up the place.

CesumPec · #**2385** 04/16/13, 10:44 PM

lurnin2farm - thanks for the photos. nice photos, nice piles, nice tree lot.

Where in Ohio? I used to live in Oxford, home of the real Miami U. I thought long and hard about retiring there but my in laws would have been too close and Ohio has all those pesky laws about composting your MIL.

Paquebot · #**2386** 04/16/13, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CesumPec

LOL

Sadly, even though Cow S works great in the compost pile, Bull S just hangs around forever, stinking up the place.

Not many people can get real BS. I haven't tried but I'm only about 8 or 9 miles from what is probably the most expensive BS in world. That would be ABS in Windsor, WI.

Martin

am1too · #**2387** 04/16/13, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Oswego

How about a load of BS, I can call and give it to you or talk about it here

As long as it is fresh and fully soaked with nitrogen I'll take some. Thanks

Forerunner · #**2388** 04/17/13, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Paquebot

Not many people can get real BS. I haven't tried but I'm only about 8 or 9 miles from what is probably the most expensive BS in world.
Martin

Now why doesn't that surprise me.........

lurnin2farm · #**2389** 04/17/13, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CesumPec

lurnin2farm - thanks for the photos. nice photos, nice piles, nice tree lot.

Where in Ohio? I used to live in Oxford, home of the real Miami U. I thought long and hard about retiring there but my in laws would have been too close and Ohio has all those pesky laws about composting your MIL.

I'm just outside of Chillicothe (The first state Capital of Oh) in the hills. Headin to the hills to hunt for some morels as soon as this rain stops.

lurnin2farm · #**2390** 04/17/13, 10:38 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=QIEc6RTTJhU#!

I think this guy did something wrong.

Forerunner · #**2391** 04/17/13, 10:49 PM

I still just don't get it.

According to Grumpy Old Men, I'm the biggest screw-up on the block (I'm proud of that fact, BTW.

) and I've still never had a pile catch fire.

What am I missing here ?

elkhound · #**2392** 04/17/13, 10:52 PM

i had another truck load delivered for FREE.... i love it when the local guys see you in town and stop in and say hey dog...you wanna load of chips.

ChristieAcres · #**2393** 04/17/13, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Forerunner

I still just don't get it.

According to Grumpy Old Men, I'm the biggest screw-up on the block (I'm proud of that fact, BTW.

) and I've still never had a pile catch fire.

What am I missing here ?

I think the answer to the possible whys are here:

http://www.nachi.org/compost-pile-hazards.htm

It is likely the pile wasn't being monitored, not enough moisture, a build up of methane gas, and air pockets possibly...

http://thegreenenergyblog.com/uncate...gas-composting

Joe_Dirt · #**2394** 04/18/13, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Forerunner

I've still never had a pile catch fire.

As a volunteer firefighter here, we get called to manure shed fires all the time. One place in particular catches at least twice a year. It's nuts.

PFS farmer · #**2395** 04/19/13, 02:55 PM

Been trying to read this entire thing from page one. I think I quit bout page 14 and hopefully finish it this year......lol.

Awesome and great information.

Questions. Found a cabinet shop willing to give me their sawdust/shavings. I told guy I would use for compost and gardening mulch. He said I could have all I wanted, but be warned there maybe some trash, nails and maple. MAPLE? HUH? Whats the big deal? He said maple attracts sugar ants and they will get in your compost and garden.

So my question is what do I do? As they will not separate the shavings/sawdust. Has anyone else experienced this?

Forerunner · #**2396** 04/19/13, 03:00 PM

Maple sawdust is as good as any.

Wive's tales abound.

Welcome to our humble humus.

CesumPec · #**2397** 04/19/13, 03:40 PM

I agree with FR. I can't think of any sawdust that isn't pressure treated that I would turn down. Even if maple did attract ants, so what? Compost heat will deter ants. If that doesn't work, ants and most any other life in the pile will speed decomposition.

Of course this is assuming your pile is not in the middle of your living room. Then I could understand the potential issue. But even FR hasn't gone that extreme. Perhaps I shouldn't have given him the idea.

Forerunner · #**2398** 04/19/13, 05:47 PM

Oh, right.....like that didn't cross my mind, like, a hundred years ago, already.

Sheesh.

I was younger then, though, and Mother put her foot down and counted to three....so......

PFS farmer · #**2399** 04/19/13, 09:45 PM

Can the Maple sawdust/shavings be used as mulch in the garden?

Forerunner · #**2400** 04/19/13, 10:26 PM

I know of nothing about maple that sets it apart from the other basic hardwoods.

I would treat it like any other sawdust.

The only thing is, hard maple sawdust smells really good.