[compost_tea] Re: FW: Compost heaps in gardens and copper

From: dakesian1 <dakesian_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 06:48:19 -0000

I'll think about it Mike but I only have a yard about 7,000 sq/ft
total, maybe a little more but the only area would be in a corner
that is visible to the front yard. It would be unsightly but I will
think about it because having your own compost pile is the way to go.

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Benton" <compost_at_m...>
wrote:
> This had not appeared 12 hr after I first sent it.If you do get a
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>
> Regards
> Mike Benton
> Compost Technologies
> mike_at_c... mobile 0823345371
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Benton [mailto:compost_at_m...]
> Sent: Thursday, 08 January, 2004 20:37PM
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Compost heaps in gardens and copper
>
>
> Hi all .Another terrible day in Africa.Temp only managed high 30
degrees C
> Ha Ha Any way just a couple of chirps on some previous posts.
> Rick (Dakesian) how big is the area that you are growing on? I ask
because
> it seems that you really should find space for a compost
heap. .There is no
> better spot for many of the goodies that you are feeding raw right
now .Let
> a heap digest these treats and then serve up this feast.And there
is no
> better place to take a slash.If guys come to a cook out at my
place then
> they are verbally abused if they should venture indoors to take a
leak
> rather than on the heap.Even better onto the most recent bits
first.Urine is
> recognised as a great compost activator.
> I have made compost in as small as 200 liter containers which is
difficult
> to do really well unless you use worms,up to 2 miles of commercial
compost
> at a time .No matter how big or small the garden or farm there is
always
> somewhere for a heap to fit in.
> You will be amazed how how quickly an efficent heap can get through
> material.They are great places to learn and observe the little
guys at
> work.Come on make space for a heap You wont be sorry.
> The only alternative to copper that I can recall and I am sure
Steve Diver
> can expand on this,the great Victor Schuberg (Sp?) suggested using
a copper
> clad plow in one of his spiral shapes and I often wondered how
much copper
> would the soil take up.
> I had to mention to hiyeild that if he can find brown spots on a
50m2 bit of
> lawn if front of our kitchen door that gets two large dogs peeing
on it
> every day and every night at about 3or 4 I let them out agin for a
leak and
> sometimes join them( my heap is about 25 mtere away from the
house) if you
> can find browning on that lawn I will give you a case of my home
brewed beer
> or wine from the local celler.No S H one T.All that lawn has had
is the
> spills from my tea when applying to the rest of the garden ,some
EM and
> compost .There is a very visible line where I drew a line with tea
a couple
> of times.We dont have access to a lab yet so I test on myself .It
uses less
> water than the rest and grows irratatingly fast.
> So much for a quick chirp .....
> Regards
> Mike Benton
> Compost Technologies
> mike_at_c... mobile 0823345371


 

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