Re: urban manure

2002-05-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Ah! Not so much a bd compost manure input as a large pre-composting service for your green inputs! -Allan Help me here, a serious question 'caue I'm no zoologist: are elephants ruminants? Cud chewing bliss beasts filled with beneficial micro-organisms? -Allan Hind gut fermenters

Re: urban manure

2002-05-24 Thread Frank Teuton
Help me here, a serious question 'caue I'm no zoologist: are elephants ruminants? Cud chewing bliss beasts filled with beneficial micro-organisms? -Allan Hind gut fermenters like horses, say the books. Dung ho!

Re: Urban manure - Elephants

2002-05-23 Thread Doug Jay
Allan, here is your answer regarding elephants vs ruminants. From: http://www.geobop.com/Mammals/Proboscidea/8.htm Ruminant mammals, such as cattle and sheep, have four separate stomach chambers to break plants down into the nutrients they need. But elephants have a simpler, less efficient

urban manure

2002-05-23 Thread Dave Robison
Help me here, a serious question 'caue I'm no zoologist: are elephants ruminants? Cud chewing bliss beasts filled with beneficial micro-organisms? -Allan No, not a ruminant. (tho I'm no zoologist either) but they have a big gut and a strong digestive process. I suppose elephants are closer

Re: Urban manure

2002-05-22 Thread Allan Balliett
Zoo doo. Sure. Elephant doo is great stuff, similar to cow. Help me here, a serious question 'caue I'm no zoologist: are elephants ruminants? Cud chewing bliss beasts filled with beneficial micro-organisms? -Allan