Market Farming

["Elaine Granata" <ecgranat AT ouray.cudenver.edu>]

Joan:  From my Master Composter training I learned that composting decreases
the mass/volume by about two thirds.

Elaine

----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: [market-farming] Re: manure


> I¹ve just talked to a local dairy farmer who can deliver cow manure to me
> for composting.  I'll mix it in with our old hay and let it sit for a
year.
> he thought he had about 18 tons right now he could bring - does anyone
have
> a feel for what that converts to in finished compost next year?  Sounds
like
> a lot to me!
>
> joan
> windwalker farm
> ottawa, kansas
>
> p.s. does anyone know of a source for polymesh netting in a long string.
I
> used to get it from Ronniger's and could get 100' for about $10.  Now they
> have 25' for $5.  I use it for bagging potatoes.  I don't use a scale at
> market and have always prebagged my potatoes, usually in plastic bags but
> discovered that customers prefer the netting because they can see the
> potatoes better - plus I think its a familiar bag.
>
>
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