Compost and the cohouser | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Stuart Staniford-Chen (staniforcs.ucdavis.edu) | |
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 01:08 CST |
I was chatting with one of my neighbours the other day, and we were talking about our community compost boxes, which aren't holding up as well as we had hoped. They are made from recycled redwood fence boards, but the redwood seems to be rotting out fairly quickly, especially in the first box (where most of the decomposition takes place). It looks like we'll have to replace them in a year or two. I was wondering how you folks compost, what materials you used for the boxes, and how well they have held up? We've also had rather a problem with flies breeding in our bins. We live in a very hot climate, and all our houses compost food waste religiously. This means that we have rather a high proportion of food in the compost, especially in midsummer. Most of us just leave grass clippings on the lawn, so we don't have that supply. The wet high-nitrogen environment seems to lend itself to maggots. We have found that flyproofing the compost bins helps somewhat while it stays tight. We have added grass clippings/leaves from outside which helps - but we can't always get them. Turning the compost every couple of days helps - but we don't always have the energy. Have other groups had compost fly problems, and what helped? Stuart. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart Staniford-Chen | Dept of Computer Science stanifor [at] cs.ucdavis.edu | UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616 (916) 752-2149 - work | and (916) 756-8697 - home | N St. Cohousing Community Home page is http://everest.cs.ucdavis.edu/~stanifor/home.html
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Compost and the cohouser Stuart Staniford-Chen, December 5 1994
- Re: Compost and the cohouser Loren Davidson, December 6 1994
- Re: Compost and the cohouser Fred H Olson WB0YQM, December 7 1994
- Re: Compost and the cohouser Fred H Olson WB0YQM, December 7 1994
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