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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Heating up a compost pile
  • Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:57:07 -0600


For those who haven't done it, I should explain. When you stick something
in the pile a foot or two and open it up a bit, steam comes out. And you
know it's hot enough. When it cools you turn it over and put what was
outside on the inside and it heats up again. Save the money on a
thermometer.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau

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On 7/1/2006 at 11:17 PM Mark Nagel wrote:

>But Paul, in your original reply to me you had suggested sticking my hand
>in the pile :-)
>
>I'm just wanting to get thing right - LoL :-)
>
>But yes, yes, when the time comes that I compost humanure I most
>definately won't be using my skin to detect the temp of my compost pile
:-)
>
>
>-Mark Nagel
>Everett, WA
>
>
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>From: TradingPostPaul <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>
>
>You'd know to use a stick, right?
>
>paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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