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[tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>]

My 2-3 cents on the composting:

I think a compost heap with fruits & vegs & bread would become a soppy mess 
from
rain.  I recommend some kind of roof like a lean-to.  Or a shade cover which 
you can
stand under, and rake/turn the heap frequently.  And mix at least 50-50 with 
other
normal compost material.  

Preferably find some livestock farmer or hobby-farmer who can feed the fruits 
& vegs
to animals, and you get a share of the manure!

Did I read that someone puts ALL kitchen waste in their heap?  In rural & 
suburban
sites I've never seen a compost heap with animal-product table scraps (meat 
scraps,
corn cobs w/ traces of butter, etc) which wasn't raided by some scavenging 
animal. 
I even see egg shells hauled away by some hungry critter, apparently hoping to
salvage that last bit of egg white.  These heaps don't always stink, but a 
good
fine-mesh enclosure should be considered.

tc, s.WI, where slime-molds on compost heap or elsewhere are rare enough to be
considered interesting



 
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