Re: [tomato] Compost
margaret lauterbach (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sun, 07 Mar 1999 09:15:23 -0700
At 10:19 AM 3/7/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Thanks for all the information regarding soils, compost, and no-till
>planting. You mentioned that you maintained a compost "heap". I am
>trying to get started with a compost heap or bin. I found a web site
>http://www.gov.nb.ca/environm/comucate/compost/magic.htm which has
>information and instructions on how to build compost an maintain the
>pile. Do varmints ever try to get in your compost material, because of
>the selected kitchen scraps?
>
>Have you tried the kitty litter in prior years to have seen results of
>the addition of that ingredient to the compost, or is this the first
>year to experiment with kitty litter as an ingredient? Are there any
>other experiments you have done in maintaining your compost heap, that
>you found successful, and would care to share with "beginners" in the
>task of building a compost heap?
Folks, kitty litter should NOT be used in a compost pile. Humans can get
feline and canine parasites, and kitty litter may carry terrible diseases
as well. Margaret
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