I put the occasional dead calf in my compost heaps !!
Gideon.
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From: "Stacey Elin Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Cats in compost
> Do I have this right, Gil? You put an occassional
> dead cat in your compost???
>
> Stacey
>
>
>
> > Hi! Cheryl & Lloyd
> > I have three of those black plastic worm farms that
> > look like a stack of
> > fish bins. I am careful that no citrus skins, onion
> > peel or other
> > "strong" things go in there. The worms work fine and
> > produce lots of
> > nice castings. I then have a mouldering compost that
> > takes the rest of
> > the kitchen rubbish, along with fish scraps, a bit
> > of chook poo and what
> > ever else is needed to keep it going. This takes the
> > citrus etc, along
> > with the odd feral cat and any road kill that is
> > convenient. Then I have
> > the serious compost pens, made from non returnable
> > pallets. This
> > produces the main compost. I also have a Clivus
> > Multrum waterless
> > composting toilet, that takes all that passes
> > through us, plus lots of
> > wood shavings/ saw dust. This must be buried under
> > the drip line of
> > fruit trees and not have root veg grown in it for
> > one year. I actually
> > put worms and Preps in all of these and the worms
> > seem to survive quite
> > well, I think they are tougher than we think.
> >
> > Gil
> >
> > Cheryl Kemp wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks to Gil and Lloyd for the interesting info
> > on posts for the
> > > chook yard and orchard.Now I need some help with
> > orange skins in the
> > > compost heap. A question from a schoolas they have
> > losts of skins
> > > every day, is it ok to compost or will they kill
> > off all the worms?I
> > > know worms dont like too much citrus peels and
> > onions.Any suggestions
> > > as to how to get rid of the citrus skins?Cheryl
> > Kemp
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> >
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