-we also compost our own manure and spread it on a NEIGHBOR'S field. I don't like manure anywhere near my farm hahaha - we use fly predators and fly traps to cut down on the amount of fly sprays and pesticides we have to use. We try to use herbal fly sprays as much as possible - We have a composting toilet which means we don't use the septic tank, or any water at all,in fact. - recycling glass, plastic etc. and adding small bits of cardboard or plastic to the compost pile when possible. also, when we get bagged bedding (we generally use bulk) we get paper bags and shred the bags to throw in with the bedding.
Lol, yikes! Good things to keep in mind then! I didn't even realize that they needed electricity - when the BO was talking about she mentioned something about a hand crank (?).
That flooding makes me want to yarf just thinking about it!
Yup, there's a crank that you're supposed to turn every so often to aerate the compost and also every so often you're supposed to do it while pulling this little thing so some compost can drop into the drying bin.
Problem with ours is the actual "drum" overflows into the drying bin where it just can't dry (I'm talking wetness not solids) and ....yeah. ok I'm gonna stop now :)
Anyhow I'm sure someone setting it up from scratch that is expecting a lot of use will do it better than ours was.
Very cool you shread your bags and put in with the bedding, excellent idea. Plastic though, should never be put in compost no matter how small, cardboard yes. Plastic takes 1000 years to disintegrate, unless it is bioplastic.
Not really important, but I don't see where you typed plastic?
"recycling glass, plastic etc. and adding small bits of cardboard or plastic to the compost pile when possible. also, when we get bagged bedding (we generally use bulk) we get paper bags and shred the bags"
Or is it where you said you "recycle glass and plastic" (containers/bottles, I assumed)?
- we use fly predators and fly traps to cut down on the amount of fly sprays and pesticides we have to use. We try to use herbal fly sprays as much as possible
- We have a composting toilet which means we don't use the septic tank, or any water at all,in fact.
- recycling glass, plastic etc. and adding small bits of cardboard or plastic to the compost pile when possible. also, when we get bagged bedding (we generally use bulk) we get paper bags and shred the bags to throw in with the bedding.
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That is awesome! Go you!
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That flooding makes me want to yarf just thinking about it!
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Problem with ours is the actual "drum" overflows into the drying bin where it just can't dry (I'm talking wetness not solids) and ....yeah. ok I'm gonna stop now :)
Anyhow I'm sure someone setting it up from scratch that is expecting a lot of use will do it better than ours was.
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"recycling glass, plastic etc. and adding small bits of cardboard or plastic to the compost pile when possible. also, when we get bagged bedding (we generally use bulk) we get paper bags and shred the bags"
Or is it where you said you "recycle glass and plastic" (containers/bottles, I assumed)?
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