compost

[cannibal_x]

Ugh, I've been putting scraps into the compost behind my house that no one uses, since sometime this past winter

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[perruche_verte]

Compost isn't totally maintenance free. It needs to be kept moist and turned over once in a while so the aerobic bacteria can do their work. I'd use the nice chocolate cake-looking stuff for now, and then give the whole works a good turning over if you can bear to do it. Chicken bones in compost aren't a great idea, as you can see; they take years to break down.

The little trilobite-looking guys are sow bugs - aka woodlice - and they're a good thing around compost. They help break down plant matter.

[cannibal_x]

Yup.. I'm hoping that, after I move to vancouver, I have a bit of space where I can start and *maintain* my own compost ;)

[outsidejoke]

steve says bones (and egg shells) add calcium, though they take years to break down, but take patience i guess.

[cannibal_x]

maybe it would speed it up to grind up the bones, evil-giant style?
not that i'm gonna do it with someone's sick 6-year-old kfc garbage, mind you..