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| Today I finally felt up to some manual labor, so it was compost day. I harvested 3 wheelbarrows full of well composted mulch from the tumbler, which I use to finish the compost from my Earth Machine bin. I spread it under some hungry mulberry trees. Then I transferred 2/3 of the commpost-in-progress from the Earth Machine bin into the tumbler to fill it.
I had a bunch of coffee grounds/filters to add, but I have been unhappy with the way the paper filters just don't seem to break down well. I keep finding wadded-up, mostly dry filters in the midst of my otherwise moist and decomposing pile. So I shook most of the coffee out of the filters, then put the big pile of filters in a bucket with rainwater from the rain barrel. I tore them up a little by hand, then attacked them with my immersion blender! It worked beautifully. Poured the slurry on the compost. Next I raked up the last of the leaves from the nectarine tree and put them in the bin. I picked up a bucket full of little ornamental citrus that had fallen off another tree, and since those also break down slowly if thrown in whole, I attacked them with a shovel, then a hula hoe, to make sure they were banged up a bit before tossing them into the bin. That was fun, but now I'm sore! --Maureen |
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- Posted by nancyjeanmc (My Page) on Wed, Dec 29, 10 at 10:53
| Glad you got motivated. Kind of an aside; I also "hang out" in the holiday forum. For a moment, and I'll admit it, a long moment, I thought there was some kind of National Compost Day. Wondering how one would set the table for such a celebration! |
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| I agree I think pumpkin day/November 1 would be a great day for it in the U.S. and Canada.;-) Curt |
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| Compost already has a week. I tried telling the boss I should get the week off from work just "because" but he is one of those non-believers! Lloyd |
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- Posted by nancyjeanmc (My Page) on Wed, Dec 29, 10 at 12:16
| Lloyd, I'm thinking there's a civil rights issue here. What kind of bigot is your boss? |
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| I use one of my photos of my large mounds of screened 'post as my screen saver at work....he already But on the positive side (of being a whacko), I only have 4 years to go till full retirement and about a year and a half of sick leave credits so who knows?? Lloyd |
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