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IT'S COOKING!!!!!

From: "Elizabeth Pike" <pike AT always-online.com>
To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: IT'S COOKING!!!!!
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:44:45 -0500

You big farmers can delete this--this post is for backyard gardeners
or the very small growers--anyone interested in barrel composting.

I made my own barrel for composting--like those you see advertised for
$3/400. I just got it finished on Saturday, and filled it, and went
out last night & temps had already
reached 105*!! It works!!

I took a 55 gal, plastic soft drink barrel & cut out the lid. I used
this as a pattern to make another lid of untreated wood which I
fastened to the top with 4 eye bolts on the barrel's side & bungee
cords. Along the insides, I screwed 3 24" baffles of untreated 1x6,
and drilled drain holes along the bottom & top, near the very edge.
Last, I painted the whole thing black to absorb heat.

Now it's heating up and we'll see how fast this baby cooks!! Anyone
hungry??!!

Liz Pike
Morningstar Gardens
Pollocksville NC
ICQ 46954468

IT'S COOKING!!!!!, Elizabeth Pike, 02/22/2000