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Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 07, 2009
08:42 AM Post #5976438
| Caleb: Enjoyed your article on composting tremendously. Good stuff in there! |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2009
09:37 AM Post #5976560
| I have had my DH sooo close to making me a compost bin a couple of times...then he worries that people will think it is ugly. We are in a ruural type area for pete sakes!! |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 07, 2009
10:14 AM Post #5976715
| Nanny: They're so simple to make! DH and I took a composting class at our local landfill back in November and it finally made a convert of DH. I'd been wanting one, too, and DH always poo-poo'd it. Well, we now have one cooking and I'm looking forward to spring when I hope to have some black gold to spread around.
Contact your local county extension office and see if there's something like this class available in your area and sign up! He'll see the light, I think. |
duchessdreams
Reno, NV
January 07, 2009
04:28 PM Post #5978137
| What a great artical! Thank you for ideas on some new matterial sources. My DH worried about setting one up too. Now he's fasinated by it:) |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
January 07, 2009
04:43 PM Post #5978182
| Great info. I like all the little tips about sources, a few I hadn't thought of. |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
January 07, 2009
05:05 PM Post #5978269
| Very informative article, Caleb...thank you so much.
Sharon |
Pamgarden
Central, VA
(Zone 7b)
January 07, 2009
05:36 PM Post #5978424
| What a timely, informative, and entertaining article. My neighbors just brought their horse home after having boarded it out for a couple of years. My eyes lit up when they said "help yourself to all the horse poop you want". I was wondering how long to wait before bringing it over to my rather small compost pile. I guess it would be just as well to leave it there to further aging??? I never thought about weed seeds, but their horse is grazing on the same grass we have. I'll have to ask for a tour of their new barn to see whether they are using cedar or fir shavings. They are meticulous and I can see that they love their horse like a member of the family, so they probably provide only the best for it. I'll be rereading your article so I can retain the information. I never would have thought I'd have this much interest in the subject. |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 07, 2009
07:40 PM Post #5978942
| Pam: Just let your neighbors know that fir shavings are better than cedar (you don't have to say for what☻)! |
cgarvin
Cottage Grove, OR
(Zone 8a)
January 07, 2009
11:39 PM Post #5979932
| nanny, if you orient the pallets with the slats up and down it looks like a picket fence. if you slap a little paint on it even more so.
pam , fir shavings are cheaper and break down quicker and smell almost as good as cedar (before they are mixed with poop of course). maybe if you tell your nieghbors they will have no problem getting rid of the poop pile they would be willing to switch to fir.
A picture of my automatic grasshopper removal and composting machine being chased by my automatic lawnmower with compost pellet spreader option.
Caleb
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Bookerc1
Mackinaw, IL
(Zone 5a)
January 08, 2009
12:28 AM Post #5980071
| I laughed out loud at your description of the picture! Very clever!
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leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 08, 2009
09:16 AM Post #5980741
| I love the picture & description!! |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 08, 2009
10:21 AM Post #5980987
| cgarvin: hilarious description of your sheep and chicken  |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
January 08, 2009
02:59 PM Post #5982031
| LOL...at the pic!!
I had him so close last winter...told him we could fix it up and no one would even know what it was. I will get him pushed over that hump eventually! lol |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 08, 2009
04:45 PM Post #5982390
| Women arise! Learn to use that drill, buy a new cordless drill/driver for yourself if you have to. I love my Blk. & Decker 12V Swivel one. It cost about $40 I think including taxes. Don't hold me to that price, I've had it for about 3 years. Get busy and show some determination and independence by doing these small projects yourself when 'he' is dragging his feet. If I had waited for my DH to do things for me most of my projects would never have been done. |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 08, 2009
08:36 PM Post #5983177
| You go, Leaflady! I agree. The surest way to get DH to do something is for me to start hunting my tools. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
January 09, 2009
07:39 PM Post #5986563
| You know...that is so true Hemophobic! I had a set of my own screw drivers ...he lost them all. Then his parents got me a cordless screwdriver and he broke that. Could this be a pattern???? |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 09, 2009
08:37 PM Post #5986783
| It's a man thing. I have my own tools and DH uses mine because he can never find his! Now, of course, I have to hunt for mine, because he misplaces them, too! |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 09, 2009
11:48 PM Post #5987554
| When I got my tools I made it very clear I had better never find them in the garage uless I took them there. You see, DH had a couple large tool chests filled with hundreds of good and often expensive tools. Tools are not something we believe in scimping on so off brands were seldom purchased. I bought tools to suit myself not him so most of the time he was seldom interested in mine unless they had a feature he decided he liked. |
Hemophobic
Kannapolis, NC
January 10, 2009
09:25 AM Post #5988307
| Good for you, Leaflady! Wish I had done the same. |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2009
10:16 AM Post #5988432
| Having my own tools also prevented me from taking his tools and losing them which I have been known to do more than once in our long marriage. But there had been times when he took 'house' tools to the garage & didn't return them leaving me without even screwdrivers or a hammer to work with. I use to hide the hammer in my knife drawer but if I left it laying out he would claim it. A wrapping of duct tape on the handle made it clear whose it was. |
Pamgarden
Central, VA
(Zone 7b)
January 10, 2009
02:26 PM Post #5989472
| Caleb, I laughed out loud at that picture! I wish I had a ewe and a chicken, but they'd have to live under the deck, as we have no outbuildings (sigh).
Leaflady, You struck a cord. DH is one of the finest DH's around, but he does respond better if I start to do a task myself rather than nagging him to do it. I'm getting my own tools. I have a rounding over bit I received as a Christmas present about 5 years ago. It's still in the original packaging. I need to get it out.
Pam |
leaflady
Hughesville, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2009
03:23 PM Post #5989640
| Nanny, going back thru the postings I ran across yours again. Either you have a man who doesn't take care of anything that doesn't belong to him or he is intimadated by your independence. Get a reasonable size tool box/chest that is lockable or has a hasp that you can put a padlock on. Keep it locked at all times, even when you are using a tool so he can't get into it at all. Never let him use a tool by himself. Be there at all times and preferably do the work yourself so he can't break the tool while using it. Never leave a tool out of the toolbox or lay it down when he is around. This may mean you have to also get an apron or tool belt to wear. Put the toolbox somewhere out of sight and hopefully out of his mind. Confront him about his actions and let him know it will no longer be tolerated(I know this will be impossible in some marriages without severe consequences). If possible, do the work when he isn't around. This way, he may never know you have your own tools because he will think you are using his unless you use one he doesn't have. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
January 10, 2009
03:58 PM Post #5989744
| LOL!!! leaflady, you...are...good!!
He would be the first type!! Not long ago they were showing an ad about some car that cost like $60,000 or more. He made some remark about getting one( we can't really afford it no way) but I told him there was no way I would let him get a car that cost that much because he doesn't take care of his stuff! Should have seen the look I got...LOL!!! |
