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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk AT allspecies.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] RE: Attracting worms
  • Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:49:13 -0500

A compost pile is quite different IMHO. The internal heat in a pile would
> be higher that what is in a five gallon bucket. Also the bucket is not
> going to have the same ventilation. By the time it is buried deep enough to
> work, it may not make a suitable container. A large tub or barrel make
> better sense. What does others on the list think? I love the idea of
> pulling up a few buckets or barrels at the end of the season, spread with
> rake, and till.
We could drill air holes in the buckets for air

> I conclude the cover would be necessary to keep the bugs and disease down.
> I would think I would need to water occasionally. I also conclude this
> would not be a replacement of my compost system.
>
> Have you tried this Marty?
I was hoping someone else had - for ideas.

I am expanding our garden next year (triple). I
> am thinking I should start to gather buckets now. It seems to be a
> work-able solution. It would put the compost right back in the garden where
> it is intended to go without that round trip to the compost piles.
>
> Our farm's mission is to reduce all outside resources and inputs including
> labor. This would fit in the plan.
That's why we are going to try it too.
>
> Christina





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