[Market-farming] compost pile ideas

Erin Bullock erin.dandelion at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 19:44:27 EDT 2010


I need to have a very basic compost pile for my farm to compost veggie  
scrap waste, but the problem is I have these horribly invasive  
rhizomes of grass (canary reed, quack, etc.) that invade the bottom of  
the pile as it sits there, and then makes the finished compost  
unusable.  I was planning on doing a windrow type pile & turning it  
with my bucket loader, layering spoiled hay in between vegetable layers.
Anyone have a creative idea for how to block out the grass from coming  
up through the pile?  I do not own the land, just lease it-- so a  
concrete pad is out of the question for now.  Other ideas?
Thanks!

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Erin Bullock, Mud Creek Farm
www.mudcreekfarm.com
585-455-1260







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