Subject: Re: Shredding dilemma
From: Liz Witthuhn <witthuhn@sprintmail.com>
Organization: Athabasca University
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 06:54:46 -0500
Message-ID: <MOD$971201.22551@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971116.25541@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$971127.26961@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$971130.17975@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$971201.9662@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
Kattz wrote:
>
> On Sun, 30 Nov 97 06:55:51, in rec.gardens.ecosystems you wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi there !
> >
> >I read your article. I'm french and I didn't really understand what was a
> >Shredder but I read that you were making compost.
>
> A shredder cuts up leaves and other soft vegetation into small pieces.
>
> A chipper/shredder can also cut up hard vegetation like tree branches.
>
> I don't make compost. I just chop up stuff and put it in a pile until
> eventually it decomposes. I don't add dirt or water it. I move the
> pile at the beginning of summer to get rid of weeds growing in or
> around it. The dogs love playing king of the hill on it and on my
> sifted and unsifted dirt piles.
>
Actually, you ARE making compost - 'cold' compost instead of 'hot'
compost. Some folks think it's the better of the two because more
microbes can live in it while it's cooking (no heat generated to kill
them off). I make mine this way, too.
Liz