It's snowi on the ground and on the garden, how does one make compost  |
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|  I have been putting all my kitchen waste in a plastic container and taking it out to the berry garden and buying it in the part that is lower then the other parts, hoping to build up the soil by composting. Now it works fine when there is no snow, and I can cover it with grass and leaf scraps, but in the late fall and winter when there is snow on the ground, it does not.
After all with the snow on it, it does not mix in and I also have to shovel the snow off the grass to get some to cover the compost. So in the winter, what do you do with the kitchen scraps? I cannot exactly store them in plastic containers under the sink.
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1.  mtdewgurl74 (11320)
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4 years ago
| |  You could try using a big barrel or trash can and just pour them into by your door then cover and keep adding stuff and lime maybe. It might work. My scraps usually go tot the dogs and cats except for the bones and I doubt that would help the compose pile any.
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| webeishere (12986)
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4 years ago
| |  No meats, bones or fats/grease should be used in a compost pile ever.
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| mtdewgurl74 (11320)
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4 years ago
| | What about Lyme? do you add it to your compost piles? | | | |
 suspenseful (19613)
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4 years ago
| | I will have to get an old trash can. I do have one at the back, and I can bring it to the side of the house. It is really doing nothing. I never thought about that. | | | |
| mtdewgurl74 (11320)
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4 years ago
| | Well I hope that works out for you especially in colder weather you won't have to be trekking far to do the compost. | | | |
| suspenseful (19613)
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4 years ago
| | The compost pile is not that far away. It is just that I have a husband who believes we should buy the soil rather then make it. | | | |
| mtdewgurl74 (11320)
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4 years ago
| | If you feel the need to do this then I say go for it. It will make you feel pride in a job well done and when the garden is blooming and things are plump and juicy you will know that it is because you worked to make the compost the best they are and it will also help in disposing and be recycling. | | | |
| suspenseful (19613)
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4 years ago
| | That is what I feel. I want to grow my own food, even a berry garden would be good for a srart. | | | |
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| suspenseful (19613)
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4 years ago
| | We have a pile at the back of the raspberry patch, but my husband thinks it attracts flies. I put a lot of grass on it. I can do it in the fall, but when winter comes, it will freeze. I have wanted my husband to build a bin, but he has not. | | | |
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3.  aslanlight (1622)
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4 years ago
| |  I have a composter so it doesn't matter if it snows or not. I can't wait to use the lovely compost, probably in the spring.
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| 4. vanities (8854)
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4 years ago
| |  luckily we dont have snow in our country..we have only two season that is dry and wet...in your case you can still ask somebody to dig at your backyard to dump your waste..although i guess it will take time to decompose atleast you have disposes it to where you like it to be...
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5.  BCMike (3316)
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4 years ago
| |  Just make a pile on top of the ground. The freezing temperatures you are about to get will freeze the cells of the plant matter and cause them to burst. Then when the spring thaw happens, the plants will decay faster. AQlso remember to sprinkle lime on the matter as you layer it on. The lime sweetens the soil and helps it break down.
And you can also add septic tank bacteria to the compost, further aiding decomp.
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| 6. GardenGerty (35334)
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4 years ago
| |  Just pour it on anyway. The snow will cover it and help it to decompose, making new garden soil. If you have a good day when there is no snow, you can cover it then.
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| 7. Lakota12 (23205)
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4 years ago
| |  we put them in the garbage and they go to the dump!
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| 8. ElicBxn (24681)
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4 years ago
| |  Actually, you can.... http://www.marthastewart....
saw this on Martha Stewart show, not that I can do it, the cats would think it was new litter!
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| suspenseful (19613)
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3 years ago
| | I will do that. We had a rather heavy snow this year and I find that I do not have that many plastic bags to put away the kitchen refuse. | | | |
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