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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: COMPOSTERS
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Date: Sun, 13-May-84 17:26:00 EDT
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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