Subject: Re: Making compost without manure?
From: XSPAMdunay@servtech.com (John Dunay)
Organization: Image Maker
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 98 01:53:55
Message-ID: <MOD$980830.7068@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$980823.28179@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
In article <MOD$980823.28179@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, "dhs" wrote:
> I finally found a second hand chipper shredder (Troybilt Tomahawk, 8HP) and
> am ready to make a compost pile. I can find easily fresh or composted horse
> manure around, but I am reluctant to use it. It can only be delivered by 3
> yards, loose, and would be dumped on my driveway, basically, waiting for me
> to haul it weelbarrow by weelbarrow to the compost pile in the back. I
> don't really want to handle the substance, and it would take for ever.
>
> My question is: can I make a compost pile with only green and brown
> material from my garden? If I do, what would I loose by not using the
> manure?
>
> I also would like to use some of the wood chips I make with the
> chipper-shredder in the compost pile. They are about the sizeof 1/4 to
> 1/8th of a corn flake... Is this possible? I don't plan to use the compost
> before next spring.
>
> Thanks for your advice. Lisa in MA
Ive seen wood chips this size disappear pretty quickly in a hot pile,
Thanks Bill for the info about chips taking up Nitrogen in the soil. I
would suggest amending the soil with composted manure, or another nitrogen
source like blood meal or a green manure if you you dont want to play with
the juicey stuff.
The situation I'm in is that I dont have enough material to get the pile
hot so the process is slow going, I can't wait until I have the time to
fill my pickup with cow manure so that I can get the pile cookin ( I have
the room to do this), Nitrogen is needed to get a hot pile. I guess its
all in the amount you want and the time it will take.
John
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