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["Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>]

   Something I didn't think of until now is, perhaps the reason why my 
compost doesn't stink is because 95% of what I put onto it goes on during 
Fall and Winter.  It freezes solid.   The bottom layers begin to heat after 
the pile thaws in the Spring and the top layers probably act as a cap to 
retain odors.
   During the following Fall and Winter, I keep adding to that same pile. 
Ditto for the next Fall and Winter.  Then, sometime during the following 
Summer, I remove the uncomposted top of the pile, moving it to where I'll 
start the next pile.  Then I screen what will become potting soil and 
anything too big to fall through the screen goes atop the newly started 
pile.
   As I said before, there is rarely more than a faint odor ever coming 
from my compost pile.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
www.bberryfarm.com
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