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Wed, May 23, 12 at 9:27
| Is there a difference in a brush pile and a compost pile? |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, May 23, 12 at 9:51
| A brush pile contains larger, woody pieces that take years instead of months to decompose. |
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| A compost pile is intended to produce compost, and ingredients should reflect that. Compost might be produced in a few months in the case of a 'hot' pile, or years in the case of a 'cold' pile. Small twigs and whole leaves should be the largest ingredients in a compost pile. A brush pile is composed of woody material such as logs, tree limbs, branches, and smaller woody stuff. It is not intended to break down into compost soon, rather it is a storage pile. In a milti-acre rural site, brush piles are common. In a 'burb 1/2 acre home, a brush pile for any length of time would be unacceptable. |
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| Best thing to do with a brush pile is to shred it. I hired someone to do that this year and it's great stuff for mulch. |
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| A brush pile can be a pile of brush, large branches, that have not been proccessed to compost, yet. A brush pile can provide habitat for several animal species. A compost pile is, usually, a deliberatly constructed pile of waste material that encourages bacteria to digest that material. A compost pile is tended to carefully by the owner/builder to enhance the digestion process. Sometimes someone will pile up waste material into a garbage heap and call it a compost pile. |
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