Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: COMPOSTERS Message-ID: <15800006@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-May-84 17:26:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcla.15800006 Posted: Sun May 13 17:26:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 08:49:26 EDT References: <8128@lanl-a.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:lanl-a:-812800:hpfcla:15800006:000:900 Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs May 30 13:26:00 1984 > Any thoughts as to IF composters are better than the normal > pile in the ground? As Heinlein said, "The lazy man is doomed to succeed." I've never used a composter, so I can't compare. That's because I've never needed one. I don't go to a lot of trouble with the compost; just pile it up. Toss a little dirt on it. Forget about it. Next Spring, plant tomatoes in it. They love it. Pick tomatoes; ignore compost. Next Spring after that there's only an itty bitty little hill of humus left to spread around, if the worms haven't already done it for you. You'd be amazed what you can compost if you have the patience to just ignore the pile. Big tree limbs. Paper. Cat litter. Ecchh. Well, I do toss some grass clippings on it to keep it wet, attractive, and non-smelly, I guess. Then let nature take its course over a year or two. Alan (What's the rush?) Silverstein