[Ag-eq] FW: Home

[Michelle Creedy]

Hi

Any knowledge on how you compost in an apartment? Just wondering.

Michelle


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Tracy:

Can you please tell us more about how you compost?

I compost the horse, chicken and goat poop.  I just pile it up and stir it
around once or twice a week.  I also water it down a couple times a week,
since it's so dry here.  I let it compost for several months before putting
it in the garden.  If I don't let it compost long enough Bermuda grass will
grow in my planters.  The horse body doesn't break down all the seeds in the
hay, but when everything composts long enough it will break down.

Should I be doing something different?

I would love to hear what everyone else is doing.

Nella





Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> Hi Jody.
> Do you make compost?  It's the best thing for improving soil.  I make 
> lots.  I started out simple, and have slowly gotten into more complex 
> systems, but really it's very easy.
> Tracy
>
> > Hi Nella,
> >
> > Oh you can laugh all you want, it was a riot!  Yeah I know what you 
> > mean about sagging.  The  zapp doesn't help that.  Hahahaha
> >
> > I think the modern fences are better then the older ones but they 
> > don't seem to make any noise.  Today we had to replace two fence 
> > posts that blew over last night during the heavy winds.  I am not 
> > sure if the horses bumped them in the storm or if they blew down.
> >
> > Yes, I agree, it does seem silly to have to buy dirt.  We need some 
> > too because our water table is so high the yard gets soggy after a 
> > tropical storm.  We have to raise the whole level up.  This area was 
> > once a lake bed so the soil is very rich.  It smells swampy it is so 
> > rich.  The soil is mostly fine sand so it actually holds water it is 
> > so silty.  I would like to mix in some peet moss but it has gotten 
> > so expensive.
> >
> > On Wednesday we will be going to town for the railings and more 
> > posts so hopefully my zappy time will be over.
> >
> > I converted an old fiberglass white cane in to a handi stick by 
> > adding a 6 foot cord to the end.
> >
> > JODY
> >
> >
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