Sorry ... just have some fun. Hope we didn't offend anyone.
Composter
none here, i'm laughing now that i've caught up, i live a sheltered life, haha.
Amazing what a little clue or two can do huh? You certainly did NOT offend me! You were simply exercizing your creative minds in a delightfully funny way.
Back to making compost. I just found out that regular soda works well ... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/784845/
Wonder if left over black coffee is ok?
coffee and tea are both good and even ok if they use non dairy creamer in it
Michaeljo, I have been assuming that the coffee-dregs that I pour in my compost bins are good for them . . interested in hearing others' thoughts on this.
My worms are officially caffeinated - that's why they work so hard.
Michael, one of the earlier posts within that hot link mentioned using coffee. And of course you know coffee grounds are WONDERFUL.
I'm curious, why would you WANT to use soda?
According to Ozark, who made the post: "The soda is sticky, so it sticks to every particle it touches. The sugar really gets bacteria going and the pile off to a quick start." I guess like kids that have had too much sugar.
Good night all ... this is a fun group. I'll be dumping my "coffee-dregs" on the pile in the morning.
I was pouring diluted coffee on my hydrangea this summer before the monsoon rains came. I read it's the acid content of the soil that turns the bloom either blue or pink. It was doing fine at first. Then, something happenend. Not sure what. I think it started suffering caffeine withdrawal when I stopped and went into some kinda shock.
Sheesh - *I* sure would!
Gymgirl, it takes a special kind of mean to get a plant addicted to caffiene and then withdraw the substance. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
yeah...
First thing this morning I poured soda on my compost. Then I found a partial bottle of hardened molasses, so I put really warm water in the bottle and melted it, into the compost, too. I probably won't be sticking my hands in it now for awhile, but I'm anxious to see it heat back up, my husband added a bunch of yard waste last weekend, so I added more newspaper to balance things out. I will either have a lot of compost or one sticky mess. I don't see any sign of the kitchen scraps, I think they are cooked, even the banana peels.
I would not have thought to put in the molasses, and if I had I'd have been too chicken. I'm eager to hear the results of your pop and molasses additions. Cool about the banana peel's, I had heard they were SLOW to break down.
haha, after last night's bad mood, DH is lucky HE'S not in the compost heap. Hmmm, where are his favorite jeans, haha. I bought a set of luggage today for my son, checker asked me if I was going on a trip. I REALLY bit my tongue, I almost said I was using them to dispose of my husband.
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Oh cathy... please be careful now. I would hate to have to track you down and send authorities. Although, I think putting my EX in the compost pile would be a good idea. But please, let's let him finish paying me the money he owes me FIRST!!!
Your husband's fishing pole... or something else treasured should serve as an adequate warning. Oops? did I say that?
Are husbands a green or a brown?
I don't know. I'll ask my husband. He has a great science background and he would know.
Are you familiar with the compost bin song? Poor Grandpa!
http://eclectech.co.uk/compostbin.php
Karen
Oh my gosh! I laughed out loud at the neighor's bowling shoe... OK, maybe they overstated the "facts" a little about composting but it was fabulous! Thanks for the laugh.
that was totally weird in a very good way. Too bad everybody I would email it to is on DG.
And you thought we were bad just talking about it ...
That was way too cute!
Wow. I just stumbled upon this thread and read it all the way through ... I think I need a cigarette.
Don't start smoking! But, I disagree - I think UNPROCESSED tobacco would just be chopped up leaves, and couldn't hurt. (Especially since I don't grow tomatoes.)
x, Carrie
>in voice of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka<
Daddy, *I* want a voodoo compost pile!
lol GREEEEAT MOVIE - I mean the original with Gene Wilder, of course.
dumb question - when we say "hot" about a compost pile, do we mean temperature or do we mean alive with critters?
x, C
Temperature - sometimes snowfall won't cover a compost pile
That's some steamy compost!
So basically, the composting doesn't happen all winter?
Clay... that is some hot compost ya got there..... mmm mmm!
Husbands are not greens or browns. But, they can sometimes be blacks and blues!
Actually, having been black and blue as the result of a husband, I'll be quiet.
That's a wikipedia picture, I should have removed my copyright mark. But compost can get hot. I measured 140 F one time, some people's gets hotter than that.
Yes carrielamont, compost happens all the time.
Isn't that what Forrest Gump said, "compost happens."
I liked the Johnny Depp Wonka too. although he wasn't 'hot' in it.
Cry Baby was the the best Johnny Depp movie. And it's a musical. Iggy Pop, Amy Locane,Tracy Lords, Willem Defoe, Rikki Lake, Mink Stole. PG-13! Sorry, no compost that I can remember.
"Yes carrielamont, compost happens all the time."
But claypa, does the process keep happening when my January-compost resembles twin frozen Kilmanjaros (actually three of them in my three bins)? I still keep trekking out through snow and sleet to throw on the contents of my compost-pail. . . I am so intrepid LOL--but is anything actually happening in the pile? And I do worry about those poor earthworms. . . do they go south for the winter?
Carrie, let us know if it ever happens again and compost WILL happen. Or have you any pig farms close by, lol? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton
From what I can pick up, CCG, the worms hibernate. Unless you can get that pile going again and keep them warm.....
Carrie,
MY pile could easily be expanded to 6x6...just let me know...