06-05-2008, 12:54 PM
Dick,
Turning a compost pile is ideal but not necessary. I cover it with a black or silver tarp, leave it in the sun and it just cooks down in 6 months or so. For very large amounts of compost this is the way to go; not so labor intensive. Even if it takes a year, so what? Just let it o and use it later.
On the other hand, I have a pick-up truck and whenever I go to town and don't have to haul back anything else, I try to get a load of stuff from the Hilo Landfill. I just dump it in a pile, cover it and put it in rotation for use around my fruit trees, etc... It is an ongoing process for me.
My friends swear by newspaper and cardboard around their trees. They just put it out there and let it weather into some version of soil. Sure keeps the weeds down around the fruit trees and if banana production is any indicator, it is healthy!
Good Luck. Have fun.
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
Turning a compost pile is ideal but not necessary. I cover it with a black or silver tarp, leave it in the sun and it just cooks down in 6 months or so. For very large amounts of compost this is the way to go; not so labor intensive. Even if it takes a year, so what? Just let it o and use it later.
On the other hand, I have a pick-up truck and whenever I go to town and don't have to haul back anything else, I try to get a load of stuff from the Hilo Landfill. I just dump it in a pile, cover it and put it in rotation for use around my fruit trees, etc... It is an ongoing process for me.
My friends swear by newspaper and cardboard around their trees. They just put it out there and let it weather into some version of soil. Sure keeps the weeds down around the fruit trees and if banana production is any indicator, it is healthy!
Good Luck. Have fun.
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"