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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Did you cap your compost pile with soil, or cover it with a tarp?

Also, I think the bulk of the nitrogen will be lost as part of the
composting process.

Nitrogen is what gets a pile cooking.  I have often read that to heat a
pile quickly make the first layer green matter (fresh green grass, etc)
and then put a couple inches of soil between each additional layer.

Later,
Tom

--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
(similar to US zone 5)

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, del stubbs wrote:

> A couple weks ago I piled up a good stack of duckweed from our pond.  Upon
> returning had hoped to find it happily composting in the 80F temp,  but  it
> was cold. We have several acres of pond covered 2" thick with the rich stuff
> , looks like a great source for nitrogen or at least good compost material,
> but I haven't hit its note yet. Anyone worked with it?
> Just returned from north of Saskatoon Sask.,  where a frost finished off
> many folks' gardens,  Del
>
> Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3
>
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