I don't know that HGTV is the one to market it to. They seem to be getting a bit too....frilly. Maybe try an outdoors channel, one that has fishing on Sundays.
Alternative Compost Ingredients
Sort of a Soferdig meets Gardening by the Yard?
Steve, Comeddy Central lacks a compost-based comedy!
Not really cause the money would be there if the garden show were to attract viewers. Right now it is a yawn festival with the garden stuff. Paul James is burned out and has mostly reruns and he is the big garden draw. We need to inject some new life into it and get viewers who aren't even gardeners to watch. One I want to do is to "collect a tree off the city median by driving by with a grappling hook and collect the recently planted specimen and have it loaded onto the moving pickup with a ramp and winch.
Then we talk about pruning to match the root supply in a stressed plant. Gardening on Parole is the idea now in my head. Wear orange coveralls and drive a camoflaged truck. Kind of like the possom van in Red Green.
Looking for the cross-over market that Click & Clack get with their automotive show?
Exactly but I don't have a nice brother like Clack that takes all that bashing. I have never fixed a car but I never miss a show when it is available. Gardening on Parole: How to test plant invasive species in your neighbors garden and test the growth.
Once we were driving through the desert from Ca to Vegas and there were these large men dressed in orange coveralls that were doing gardening...in the desert...in the middle of nowhere. Well, at least they were digging. I'm not kidding. We had stopped to get gas at this lonely ole convenience store out on a stretch of road by itself and the guys also stopped to get a drink. DH thought nothing of it, I wanted to make sure the cashier inside was ok. Wonder who those fellers were??? Wonder what they were diggin for way out thar??? Man, the things you see in the desert.
I'm not kidding. There wasn't any printing on their coveralls tho...but why choose orange...just because it was on special???
Workin on a chain gang Yah You know that my coveralls will only have printing on the back : Property of Arizona Prision Systems. I love the Arizona governor who puts up the prisioners in tents and works them planting cactus. They would come out of prision being the experts at Xeriscaping. Talk about a job start.
Hey that brings up a composting idea. How long does a cactus take to decompose in your average desert? I could have a show on that and film the entire decomposition. Should have some good bug shots. LOL
I bet the thorns and stickers don't decompose. OUCH
How long does it take to compost an armadillo?
Several years, probably 10. His armor is very thick but it would take 20 but they injest alot of Hops in Bud Lite. You could speed it up if you skin him and put him in a blender.
I couldn't wait that long.
They really are cute. I came home at 3 in the morning when DH in the hosp. so I didn't miss the drs. There was one in the yard I was only about 3 feet away.
Then once our dog we had chased one in our yard and of course they can't see well and it is dark and the armadillo ran right smack into a tree and fell over. He got up and took off. I am surprised our dog didn't get him.
No one here around me likes them. I just figure they aerate the lawn when they look for bugs and eat them.
We had a copper head the other day at the end of the driveway. It was about 3 feet long. I guess we drove over him on our way in and killed him. our drive is on an incline and he was at the very bottom.
Glad it was dead. No composting of it.
Believe me, you guys do NOT need a script writer!! And I bet people would tune in by the droves to any show you had! I am tired of watching gardening shows where for only $30,000 and a complete crew of workmen they can turn your yard into paradise. Now decomposing armadillo I can relate to. I used to live in Florida. Now in SC I have to grab a possum before the vultures do. I have 3.6 acres and all but about 3/4 an acre is natural woods. Now if I could afford to sod, have tons and tons of topsoil brought in from another state (there is no decent topsoil here), I, too, could have a HGTV garden. Until then I need to learn how to make the seed grow, get rid that wretched invasive grass and vine, etc. Yep! You guys definitley have a hit show on your hands. I know I am not the only one who is "dirt poor."
"dirt poor and no out house" not even speaking of the corn cob to go in it.
Last I checked southwestern bell wanted 45.00 for there Houston yellow pages. Bah Humbug !
You got it! No outhouse, no corn cob - and it add insult to injury - not even a Sears catalog as a fallback. What has happened to this world anyway?
I don't think any of us would stand around while an armadillo starts "to compost",you would run 10 miles to catch your breath,as for a possum being eaten by vultures,I've never seen that either, the only thing that I have ever seen eating a possum , is a crow.I was taught that armadilloes are a carrier of lepracy(SP) , of all things,while I was in the army,as a precautionary against handleing them.Could be that the Army didn,t want any of us to bother them.It worked!I believe that armadilloes dig more than you would want,although we don't have them here yet.If we did we could kiss our worm bins good bye,I'll betcha..Mike
It's true; armadillos do carry leprosy. I grew up in West Texas, and that has been thoroughly ingrained on my brain. And DH says it was proven by Washington State University (his alma mater) in 1997.
Steven, Tell us where to send money to back: Gardening on Parole. Sounds like a winner to me.
Cost you a fee to quote any of my funnies. They are copywrited. :oD!!
Armadillos eat ants and grub worms and maybe an earthworm but earthworms a built to get away from birds and armadillos arm much slower.
People here eat armadillos. NOT ME!! The things they eat here would scare you yuck!!! They say you could eat one or a million but you do take the chance of getting leprosy. I would rather play russian roulette.
I wouldn't eat it if it didn't carry it.
They eat gar, oppussum, muskrat no offense meant BUT I would rather take my chances not ever eating again.
Yes and dog gone it a JC Penney catalog is 5 dollars. Toilet paper is cheaper. I could never understand why food stamps would not all anyone to buy toilet paper. Depends on which one you can afford if it is a Luxury. LOL Oh well with gas prices you can't afford food so no need for toilet paper. Vicious cycle.
Back to composting I think you can armadillo manure or are they considered meat eaters?? Where did our host go?? I would like to know this. Maybe I could bag and sell like they do bat poo?? An entrapenuer I would be. I can say just can't spell it. OK I am off to surf the web for a picture so I know what their poo looks like. Can't find it if I don't know what I am looking for.
If I make it rich.......Toilet paper for all !!!! LOL
If I am not funny just throw tomatoes fresh ones *alterer motive*
Only on DG could I be up @ 5am and read about Armadillo scat - priceless! Now I am curious....
OK armadillo scat, decomposted dead things, Sears catalog vs Toilet Paper and above all googling "poo". What have we decended into? Oh, we have not decended anywhere, we have always been here. Now Sears Vs Toilet paper. First you can use a sears page more than once, it holds up to moisture in our outer houses, mice prefer toilet paper to catalog, and I feel it is far more pleasant than the "timber cutter" toilet paper you get from costco. (they need to grind the wood longer) Those splinters are quite uncomfortable. Next a true cheap source of toilet paper is like the Arab nomads use. Or at least I heard that they cut off a persons left hand when caught stealing so they are limited in their abilities......... Well that went far enough.
Now back to alternative sources of compost. Thinking regionally: I think that people in Alaska can use the tons of fish after spawning, the people in Wyoming can use the millions of snowshoe hares on I-80 in the winter, the people in Kentucky can use bat guano, the people in florida can use the swamp material they dig up for developments, the people in Washington can use the slime from all of the slugs and slugs themselves, the people in California can use all the left over hemp from the buds they remove, the People in Louisiana can use all the debris floating in their yards after the next hurricaine, here in Montana we can collect all the fire weed after the summer burns, ............ any other ideas?
No one was even interested in why I wanted to know how long it took an armadillo to compost. That alone is interesting.
Sofer, no alternative natural resources for those of us in PA?
Sandy, I admire your huge heart and your aspirations to sell armadillo manure to buy toilet paper. Just make sure you wear gloves when you're picking it up.
heatherhjoy, I think it is interesting. I have just been stunned by the wealth of knowledge in this thread. Perhaps you and I could have have a "compost-off" and see which composts first - the armadillo or the possum. Do you have armodillo in PA? I didn't think they were that far north. If not, I'm sure you must have ground hogs. And, of course, there is the always popular, found every where - mole. They gotta be good for something!
Sandy,
"Where did our host go?"
Are you refering to me? I've been watching this thread, but haven't really had much to say. What can I say?
Yes I'm so tired of Paxatawanie Pete that all ground hogs could be used for compost. Isn't that where he lives PA? Or is it NY?
Yes I'm so tired of Paxatawanie Pete that all ground hogs could be used for compost. Isn't that where he lives PA? Or is it NY?
Yes I'm so tired of Paxatawanie Pete that all ground hogs could be used for compost. Isn't that where he lives PA? Or is it NY?
Yes I'm so tired of Paxatawanie Pete that all ground hogs could be used for compost. Isn't that where he lives PA? Or is it NY?
Yes I'm so tired of Paxatawanie Pete that all ground hogs could be used for compost. Isn't that where he lives PA? Or is it NY?
Ground hog day lives on.
Sofer, I think you're referring to Punxsutawney Phil. He's about an hour away from me. Don't bash the ground hog, the Punxitonians take him very seriously.
No, armadillo don't survive this far north. Of course we have opossum, and I'm certain they would compost quicker. Another interesting creature is the porcupine.
There are native american porkypine quills still existing from Wounded Knee, Battle of Big Horn, and many other porkys that have left their quills hundreds of years later. Of course the chipper shredder called the Raven/crow helps the process along much quicker. Armadillo lets see the hide will take about 1 hot month and 3 cold months to dissapear in Texas. Otherwise there would be Armidillo hides blowing around western Texas like tumble weed. LOL
There is a Paxatawanie Pete and a Paxatawanie Phil and I think a few more. I heard that this year. I thought there was just.
My friends son was in gulf war. Said it is true. They have one hand to eat and shake hands and one that is there sears catalogue. They cut off the clean hand and they are shunned by all.
As for as a sears catalogue you will not believe what one of the roofers did in my yard after the hurricane. They pooed on my fence above the bottom 2x4. There paper of choice as it was left also was the plastic off the roofing shingles. End of subject as the post has been long deleted as it was controversal.
Heather I am sure I will see and armadillo that did not out run a car. Could send for SASE. ANd let the contest begin.
Why do you want to know how long it took an armadillo to compost? I figured it was because well I am not sure. Why did you want to know?
Soferdig, I would think the ones we see propped up daed on the roadside with a Bud Lite in its mouth would take longer if he actually was pickled (public intoxication) when they go hit.?? LOL
Just a thought. Isn't alcohol a preservative.
lol
What a thread. I learned more than I wanted to know and not all about compost. HaHaHa.
Of my 6 compost piles/containers, probably half are nearing being ready to use. The fellow who works for me shredded the large pile of plant refuse and twigs, stalks, etc. today. Now have a large wheelbarrow of shreds to be spread in the garden also.
It has been pretty hot here so i don't do much outside after abou 9 or 10am. I think it is below 80 now so will go out and set the soaker hoses for the night.
Donna
Yeah Donna mine cooked in about 6 weeks and is now ready.
I love you probably haven't seen these squirrels but they are rather common here in montana. My concern with them being hit by the roadside is the eagle who eats them and then crashes into the car under the influence.
That is a bigger concern than here. That eagle could wipe out an entire family. If animals are going to drink they should have signs
Don't fly drunk Budweiser cares LOL ;o) And they are not carded or required to be a certain age. Geesh
Where do you all get these pixs? I cannot contribute to the humor but I sure enjoy it! I start and end my day with this forum. It keeps me going. Thanks.
PS. As I allowed to send the pix to a friend? Just one friend- who happens to love beer as much as all these happy critters. I don't want to violate copyright rules or anything - just share the humor with a good friend who wouldn't read everything because he hates reading but he sure loves drinking! :)
Those dang squirrels
But it's the chipmunks you really have to watch out for
Here is what this one got for stealing pictures copyrighted
I can't see what that is, but I think I'm glad.
This is Wild Bill Dillo the meanest copyright pertrector in the west. Does he look like someone ya'll want to do your mess'n with.
He's a mean lean armadilla machine. He is the long tail of the law just take a look at his sheild. He is the short arm of the law. But he gets the job done.
Heather it is a gator with a knife in his head.
Mollie I just googled and found this website. http://www.randalswildlifecreations.com/armadillo.html
feel freel to use mine.
Of course make sure you can out run Mean Bill Dillo. ROTFLOL
Sandy, just one word in reference to your last pic.
WHY?
I don't have any squirrels here, had them at my other place, and never got any English walnuts as darn squirrels ate them before ripe and also most of the filberts. i intentionally did not plant any walnuts or filberts here.
One chipmonk did show up, has been here about a year now. Have only seen one, my daughter says there can't be only one (she fights them all the time at her Virginia home) Well I have only seen one but of course there could be others. It is way too smart to get caught in one of my mousetraps, just sits there staring at me when I drive into the garage. Drives my dog crazy as it is too fast for her to catch.
So I'll just settle for your pictures.
Donna
I was just joking. I apologize if I hurt anyones feelings I thought is was cute and teasing and came back and posted where I got the pictures and told her she could use mine as they are not mine.
sorry
Sandy ^8^