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--- Jeanette Hart <<email obscured>> wrote:

> Re: composting
>
> We build large compost piles out of straw bales.  I
> like this method in arid
> enviros because loss of moisture in the pile is
> minimalized. Also the edges
> of the pile maintain heat.  We then put tarps over
> the piles to keep from
> further moisture loss.
>
> Happy composting
> jenn hart-mann
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Patricia A. Leahan
> <<email obscured>>
> wrote:
>
> > Right!  And the key is to use the compost.  Too
> many well-intentioned
> > folks start a compost pile, feeling like they're
> making a difference,
> > but then the pile just gets added to and not
> tended or utilized. So
> > it's important to make the full commitment with
> the goal of
> > eventually returning those nutrients back to the
> Earth.
> >
> > pat leahan
> >
> > On May 6, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Dennis Knicely wrote:
> >
> > One other note: As Erin posted, carbon/charcoal
> from wood stoves also
> > works with compost. Sincethere isa big pile from
> last Winter, lately
> > I just take and mix compost with it. When that
> pile is mature, it
> > simply gets spread out as needed.
> > There is no one right way to do composting.
> Everyone will have their
> > own version. The bottom line is recycling back to
> the soil what is
> > necessary to sustain our gardens and life itself
> as we know it.
> > Dennis Knicely
> >
> >
> >
> >
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