Re: [compost_tea] compost courses

From: jallan6977 <jallan6977_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:34:11 -0400
   I thought I needed to add water to my pile to get that one dri= p per
fistfull.  I did and all I got was cooler and heavier compost.  I= went
back to adding none and things heated up real well.  135 degrees.

L Blair wrote:

>Thanks Terence;
>Yes, I got caught out by the Auckland climate last summer.  I made= a heap
>during a dry spell.  Then after a week there was a bit of rain.&nb= sp; I thought
>'that'll keep the heap damp'.  Overnight there was a deluge, follo= wed by
>weeks of wet.  It was too late to cover it by the time I realised = I needed
>to.
>Regards,
>Lynton
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: T Dodge <tdodge_at_spiritone.com>
>To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [compost_tea] compost courses
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>Hi
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>A comment on Lubke and their turning regime. Are you in a wet part of >NZ (New Zealand?) or a dry part. as Mr. Erickson noted his windrows
>dried down in "?" So the Lubke's refined their methodology fo= r a
>"Austrian" climate? I do not remember if it was Austria or so= uthern
>Germany. So consider the environment with each method. Malcolm Beck
>tried windrows in Texas and noted the water issue and has became very >good at static piles, which reflect his environment.
>
>On 2004, Aug 23, , at 8:57 PM, L Blair wrote:
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>>Folks,
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>>I would appreciate it if you could suggest a compost course.
>>I have tried to find out the Lübke method, but so far have only f= ound
>>the
>>booklet "Living and Working with Nature".
>>Some of the aspects of making compost I need to learn are
>>: mineralising inputs and monitoring
>>: biology inputs (ie in addition to BD preps, local soil)
>>: heap management
>>and anything else that makes for good compost.
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>>Can anyone help?
>>Lynton
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>Terence Dodge
>Soil Husbandman
>Certified Soil Food Web Advisor
>Mycoremediationist
>www.desperateAg.net
>503.516.4794
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