Ok I got a 4 foot cube made of chicken wire. I know you throw the old garden plants in there. I am also using the chicken bedding and leaves. What else is good? What else should I be doing. Composter only been in for a few weeks.
smokinjay said:4000 sqft how much compost should be added?
SolarAndWood said:smokinjay said:4000 sqft how much compost should be added?
I did 28 yards on top of my glacial till this year and I don't think it was too much.
SolarAndWood said:Composted area was about 4000 sq ft. I don't think you can generate too much.
SolarAndWood said:No dairy farms nearby?
SolarAndWood said:Why not have him windrow enough chit to make you forget about the railroad history on your property?
lukem said:....just extra work IMO.
lukem said:Jay,
Those chickens are your compost pile. Feed them anything organic that didn't have a mother (no meat, although they would eat it I'm sure). Egg shells, coffee grinds, fruit peels, garden plants, EVERYTHING. Cuts down on the feed bill and makes excellent compost/fertilizer. Makes the chicken taste better too!
I you have access to cow manure, let it sit for a couple years and there's your soil improver. I wouldn't mess with the traditional compost heap if you have chickens and a cow lot available....just extra work IMO. The only prob with cow manure is it has a ton of seeds in it, so it tends to generate a lot of weeds in the garden. Letting it sit and cook for a while takes care of a lot of that, but not all...so be prepared to run the tiller a little extra in the spring.
smokinjay said:lukem said:Jay,
Those chickens are your compost pile. Feed them anything organic that didn't have a mother (no meat, although they would eat it I'm sure). Egg shells, coffee grinds, fruit peels, garden plants, EVERYTHING. Cuts down on the feed bill and makes excellent compost/fertilizer. Makes the chicken taste better too!
I you have access to cow manure, let it sit for a couple years and there's your soil improver. I wouldn't mess with the traditional compost heap if you have chickens and a cow lot available....just extra work IMO. The only prob with cow manure is it has a ton of seeds in it, so it tends to generate a lot of weeds in the garden. Letting it sit and cook for a while takes care of a lot of that, but not all...so be prepared to run the tiller a little extra in the spring.
I needed something to kinda keep it in a pile. Winds will blow the small stuff to the next county. Never had to pick up any leaves out here! :lol:
lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:Jay,
Those chickens are your compost pile. Feed them anything organic that didn't have a mother (no meat, although they would eat it I'm sure). Egg shells, coffee grinds, fruit peels, garden plants, EVERYTHING. Cuts down on the feed bill and makes excellent compost/fertilizer. Makes the chicken taste better too!
I you have access to cow manure, let it sit for a couple years and there's your soil improver. I wouldn't mess with the traditional compost heap if you have chickens and a cow lot available....just extra work IMO. The only prob with cow manure is it has a ton of seeds in it, so it tends to generate a lot of weeds in the garden. Letting it sit and cook for a while takes care of a lot of that, but not all...so be prepared to run the tiller a little extra in the spring.
I needed something to kinda keep it in a pile. Winds will blow the small stuff to the next county. Never had to pick up any leaves out here! :lol:
A rail-road tie bin is the way to go...
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3 ties high, one tie long, one tie in the back.
SolarAndWood said:Build it in such a way the d@mn dog can't get in it.
CTYank said:Sawdust and noodles are good stuff to throw in, long as you keep the nitrogen up with chicken/cow manure, the C/N ratio.
Sounds like you've no problem with that part.
Keep piles loose enough to have airflow getting in there; don't want to get into anaerobic digestion.
smokinjay said:SolarAndWood said:Build it in such a way the d@mn dog can't get in it.
I only have one of those and she runs right past it! :lol:
SolarAndWood said:smokinjay said:SolarAndWood said:Build it in such a way the d@mn dog can't get in it.
I only have one of those and she runs right past it! :lol:
lol, as soon as I had the pit bull my wife rescued from the side of the interstate collar trained, she went right for the compost pile. Wasn't pretty. Sucked it up and got a composter just to keep her out of it.
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