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    Communities > Forums > Soil and Composting
    Forum: Soil and CompostingReplies: 2, Views: 85
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    PuddlePirate
    North Ridgeville, OH (Zone 5b)

    May 2, 2011 11:48 AM

    Post #8534770

    File this under "Composting For Beginners."

    So you want to start making compost instead of buying it, but you're worried that it'll be too much trouble, huh? Cheer up! Composting doesn't have to be complicated, scientifically rigorous, or closely monitored. For proof, read this article ...

    http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/497/

    ... and the follow-up:

    http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1385/

    You don't have to primp and fuss over a compost pile if you don't want to. Most of the in-depth discussion among us composting nerds is geared toward getting finished compost as fast as possible. You don't have to do things my way or anybody else's way. Take whatever raw materials you have, put 'em in contact with the soil, cover 'em, and you'll get compost soon enough.

    Anything that used to be alive -- or made from something that used to be alive -- will rot eventually.

    Composting 101: http://davesgarden.com/tools/tags/tag.php?tag=composting 101

    Composting by burying stuff: http://davesgarden.com/tools/tags/tag.php?tag=composting in ...

    A quick & dirty (soil-y?) handbook for home composting: http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edComm/pdf/CIS/CIS1066.pdf

    This message was edited May 26, 2011 2:33 PM

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