Extreme Composting

Mickey · #**1461** 03/21/12, 07:21 PM

Ky-Jeeper,
Ummm, you DO seem to be missing what seems to be an essential ingredient from your compost pile (according to our resident poop pile expert

)

Just think about strolling to the pile, hand in hand with that special someone in your life, and emptying your bladder.
Oh the romance!

Ky-Jeeper · #**1462** 03/21/12, 07:41 PM

No human waste LOL. Rabbit pee yes.

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Originally Posted by Mickey

Ky-Jeeper,
Ummm, you DO seem to be missing what seems to be an essential ingredient from your compost pile (according to our resident poop pile expert

)

Just think about strolling to the pile, hand in hand with that special someone in your life, and emptying your bladder.
Oh the romance!

Forerunner · #**1463** 03/21/12, 08:11 PM

Bama, I am just so proud of you.

Your fam will understand, someday.

When that pile cools back down, be sure to watch for the red wrigglers to take over.

I think Mickey is itchin' for a hot date, what do ya'll think ?

Mickey · #**1464** 03/21/12, 09:57 PM

, well if by "hot date" you mean a trip to the poop pile you can count this chick out!

Geesh, last of the big time spenders

ICK ICK ICK

Forerunner · #**1465** 03/22/12, 07:22 AM

*giggle*

I think Mickey has a compost fetish.

It's ok, Mickey.
You're among friends, here.

MullersLaneFarm · #**1466** 03/22/12, 03:04 PM

Tim, Tim, Tim!! You need to talk to that husband of mine again about the virtues of compost!!! He took my compost pile and used it as fill dirt in the barnyard.

I asked him to till the garden and he raked all my good carbon off the soil before tilling and burned it!

Forerunner · #**1467** 03/22/12, 03:15 PM

OMG!!!

Cyndi...... be it far from me to throw my hands up in despair, but with a report of that dreadful magnitude, it sounds to me like all hope is gone!

Fill....in the barnyard!!???

MullersLaneFarm · #**1468** 03/22/12, 03:44 PM

The dirt on the east side of the barn is eroding. He only saw dirt when he looked at my compost.

I've seen him eyeing the huge pile of compost (manure and straw/hay from last spring) in the west paddock. I told him that is NOT dirt, it is what will be feeding his asparagus this year.

Please Obie-Tim Ka-Nobie, you're my final hope.

Mickey · #**1469** 03/22/12, 03:48 PM

Oh my. Be careful what you wish for Cyndi. I mean, just look what happened to poor mudburn. Your dh could be next!

SmokeEater2 · #**1470** 03/22/12, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MullersLaneFarm

Tim, Tim, Tim!! You need to talk to that husband of mine again about the virtues of compost!!! He took my compost pile and used it as fill dirt in the barnyard.

I asked him to till the garden and he raked all my good carbon off the soil before tilling and burned it!

That's one of the saddest things I've seen this week.

I'm going to go out to the pile and have a moment of reflection for your loss.

Forerunner · #**1471** 03/22/12, 06:36 PM

Wow.

To compensate for that loss....... would require some multiple gallons of reflection!!!

jlrbhjmnc · #**1472** 03/22/12, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Freya

I vote you ask a mod to change your name to, "I got Worms".

Ok I dare you too.

I am thinking about it! I'll have to pm one of those mod err ate ours (he he) about this

.

MullersLaneFarm · #**1473** 03/23/12, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mickey

Oh my. Be careful what you wish for Cyndi. I mean, just look what happened to poor mudburn. Your dh could be next!

It won't happen, Mickey. The man is in his mid-50's. His mother has talked to him about compost, I've talked to him about compost the last 10 years, Carla Emery & her husband Don has talked to him about compost. He's even seen FR's compost and FR has talked to him before about compost ...

I could only pray something connects in his head about the virtues of compost.

Trisha in WA · #**1474** 03/23/12, 07:07 PM

OK I need help. I have a 5 gallon bucket of flour that has gone very rancid. Made the mistake of buying in bulk before trying it to make sure we liked it.
So, can I put this on my compost pile? Or will it be a bad thing in there?

Mickey · #**1475** 03/23/12, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MullersLaneFarm

It won't happen, Mickey. The man is in his mid-50's. His mother has talked to him about compost, I've talked to him about compost the last 10 years, Carla Emery & her husband Don has talked to him about compost. He's even seen FR's compost and FR has talked to him before about compost ...

I could only pray something connects in his head about the virtues of compost.

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe you could try waxing all poetic and romantic about the poop pile like Tim does your dh will get the drift.

MOgal · #**1476** 03/24/12, 07:17 AM

Trisha, I had mice chew through a thin plastic top of a container and contaminate some potato flour. I put it on my compost pile, to make a thin layer and it's done just fine. I thought of it as another brown.

4crumleys · #**1477** 03/24/12, 10:18 AM

Question:
I have a compost pile of horse manure and shavings about 3 months old, mixed with leaves, and I had fresh vege scraps each day. Pile is about 3 feet high X 3 feet wide. It is moist, but not hot. I turned it yesterday and very little heat coming out of it. Today I noticed some ants on it. Any suggestions???

Forerunner · #**1478** 03/24/12, 08:01 PM

Flour is just another ingredient to put a smile on the microbes faces.
Think of it as treating them to doughnuts.

Crumley...... you say very little heat. Is that to say there was some ?
Your pile is borderline for heating mass, judging from your description.
Can you increase the size ?
If you have evident moisture, and ants, it doesn't sound like are too wet or dry.....

Forerunner · #**1479** 03/24/12, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickey

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe you could try waxing all poetic and romantic about the poop pile like Tim does your dh will get the drift.

Well, I appreciate the latitude that I've been given by our good moderator in this here and other threads where I've, um....contributed

sooooo.....I really don't think I should go into any details..... you know, such as balmy spring nights, under the moon and stars, couple wool blankets, a little lingerie maybe, a good-sized compost pile within reach......maybe some seductive music playing in the background..... start out with a sensuous foot rub and then maybe a nice, long back rub with some slippery lotion or another, and then..................

Mickey · #**1480** 03/24/12, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Forerunner

Well, I appreciate the latitude that I've been given by our good moderator in this here and other threads where I've, um....contributed

sooooo.....I really don't think I should go into any details..... you know, such as balmy spring nights, under the moon and stars, couple wool blankets, a little lingerie maybe, a good-sized compost pile within reach......maybe some seductive music playing in the background..... start out with a sensuous foot rub and then maybe a nice, long back rub with some slippery lotion or another, and then..................

Oh you romantic devil