Comments on: The little Green Project 2010 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010 Encouraging women in homemaking, healthy eating and parenting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: kia http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-40578 kia Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:35:39 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-40578 thank you for this post and video clip! my husband and i set aside a section of our garden for our compost and are enjoying saving money by throwing away less (it is expensive having your garbage hauled away!). we began our compost shortly after watching this last month and have not had any unpleasant odors or animal issues yet. hopefuly we won't as our compost area is literally RIGHT next to our garden! oops! perhaps we'll have to move it next year if we can find a spot. thank you for this post and video clip! my husband and i set aside a section of our garden for our compost and are enjoying saving money by throwing away less (it is expensive having your garbage hauled away!). we began our compost shortly after watching this last month and have not had any unpleasant odors or animal issues yet. hopefuly we won’t as our compost area is literally RIGHT next to our garden! oops! perhaps we’ll have to move it next year if we can find a spot.

]]> By: becca banana http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-37958 becca banana Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:43:07 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-37958 The video is great! The video is great!

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36910 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:20:55 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36910 This is Matt. A three pile system will be great. Good luck! This is Matt. A three pile system will be great. Good luck!

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36908 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:14:31 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36908 This is Matt. Regarding "mystery plants" we are trying to nurture some peach seedlings into trees that were a pleasant surprise to me last spring. We'll see what happens. When I was about 10-12 yrs old something like that happened in my backyard in central California and now there is a beautiful almond tree that began as a mystery plant. This is Matt. Regarding “mystery plants” we are trying to nurture some peach seedlings into trees that were a pleasant surprise to me last spring. We’ll see what happens. When I was about 10-12 yrs old something like that happened in my backyard in central California and now there is a beautiful almond tree that began as a mystery plant.

]]> By: Wendy http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36907 Wendy Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:22 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36907 Thanks so much for getting back with me. We're looking forward to trying this form of composting. Thanks so much for getting back with me. We’re looking forward to
trying this form of composting.

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36902 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:09:36 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36902 This is Matt. Yes, the ratios were daunting to me at first too, but I just did it anyway, thinking that it was better than sending it to a landfill. I don't bother with ratios, but I do add some ashes and shredded newspaper once each year. This is Matt. Yes, the ratios were daunting to me at first too, but I just did it anyway, thinking that it was better than sending it to a landfill. I don’t bother with ratios, but I do add some ashes and shredded newspaper once each year.

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36900 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:04:37 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36900 This is Matt. In warmer weather the process is faster. Conveniently, that is when we have more compost material from our canning and preserving. When we get to the end of the "pile" we start over again. We added length to ours because we would come back through and there would still be food not composted thoroughly yet. In the video there was still a bit of egg shell from the last time through. That is common for us as well as corn cobs. If I do a better job at chopping them up that also speeds up the process. The pros that compost in barrels do that so it can be turned and churned. That helps the process as well. This is Matt. In warmer weather the process is faster. Conveniently, that is when we have more compost material from our canning and preserving.
When we get to the end of the “pile” we start over again. We added length to ours because we would come back through and there would still be food not composted thoroughly yet. In the video there
was still a bit of egg shell from the last time through. That is common for us as well as corn cobs. If I do a better job at chopping them up that also speeds up the process.
The pros that compost in barrels do that so it can be turned and churned. That helps the process as well.

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36898 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:50:40 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36898 This is Matt. Also, coffee grounds, ashes and shredded newspaper This is Matt. Also, coffee grounds, ashes and shredded newspaper

]]> By: Laura http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36897 Laura Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:48:30 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36897 This is Matt. Yes, adding more dirt or swapping it with where you are putting the composted soil is what we've done. Once a year we add some ashes from our woodburning stove and a little shredded newspaper to our compost area so, it is continually "growing." There are some gross smells with composting. This is Matt. Yes, adding more dirt or swapping it with where you are putting the composted soil is what we’ve done. Once a year we add some ashes from our woodburning stove and a little shredded newspaper to our compost area so, it is continually “growing.”

There are some gross smells with composting.

]]> By: Serenity http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-little-green-project-2010/comment-page-1#comment-36665 Serenity Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:54:36 +0000 http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/?p=5778#comment-36665 Okay, so I just showed this to my husband. Lucas wanted to know what you do after you take the nice rich soil out of the compost plot. Do you add more dirt or what? Thanks for the video, this way looks a lot less gross than what we have been doing :) Okay, so I just showed this to my husband. Lucas wanted to know what you do after you take the nice rich soil out of the compost plot. Do you add more dirt or what? Thanks for the video, this way looks a lot less gross than what we have been doing :)

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