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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] compost pile ideas
  • Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:18:09 -0700

A sheet of black plastic or landscape cloth under the pile, Erin?

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- erin.dandelion AT gmail.com wrote:

From: Erin Bullock <erin.dandelion AT gmail.com>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] compost pile ideas
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:44:27 -0400

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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