tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post5798432697554894363..comments2024-03-28T06:21:18.668-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Composter: The Unintended Consequences of CompostingMichelle http://www.blogger.com/profile/03806770073814563148noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-91834294246246500992015-09-13T20:30:57.665-07:002015-09-13T20:30:57.665-07:00My most common volunteers are watermelons. Oddly e...My most common volunteers are watermelons. Oddly enough, cardinals love 🍉 seeds so they too are frequent visitors to my compost pile.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627634660730372586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-70726422217939717102015-09-09T17:22:40.221-07:002015-09-09T17:22:40.221-07:00So good to know those feelings of wasteful guilt a...So good to know those feelings of wasteful guilt aren't just MY OWN! Just getting started, but I Love Your BLOG!Tylisia Westhttp://blahblahblahorganiccrap.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-85033556824669170272015-08-31T05:20:47.113-07:002015-08-31T05:20:47.113-07:00Linda, here are some good tips for heating up your...Linda, here are some good tips for heating up your bin. http://confessionsofacomposter.blogspot.com/2012/05/hot-composting-secrets-for-faster.html Michelle https://www.blogger.com/profile/03806770073814563148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-18011703081937826122015-08-31T05:17:34.336-07:002015-08-31T05:17:34.336-07:00We get volunteers too! While I hate to kill them, ...We get volunteers too! While I hate to kill them, they mess up our plan. How do we increase the heat? We use the round black bin with the twist off top.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172971208404511127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-39555171418924574862015-08-28T13:39:10.677-07:002015-08-28T13:39:10.677-07:00Yes! a cherry tomato plant grew itself from under...Yes! a cherry tomato plant grew itself from under the compost bin. And, where we raked some of the compost last fall, 3 more tomato plants just grew on their own! and these plants are indeed growing bigger and better than our most carefully planted ones. Gardening is about surprises!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-71950275731749322502015-08-27T14:15:37.974-07:002015-08-27T14:15:37.974-07:00Yes, I also have those cute little seed starts at ...Yes, I also have those cute little seed starts at the edge of by composte pile. I let them be as they always remind me of my dear sweet grandmother the barefoot gardener. She was an Appalachian gal who was composting long before it was fashionable. She'd site her composte pile just slightly up the hill at the edge of her vegetable garden, then plant her melons at its base and let all that "good liquor" as she called it filter down from the composte pile with each rain and feed her crop all summer long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-16557722758590498922015-08-27T09:02:53.731-07:002015-08-27T09:02:53.731-07:00No, there is slower colder composting and hot comp...No, there is slower colder composting and hot composting which is faster. Both yield great compost but the hot composting will more likely kill the weed seeds.Michelle https://www.blogger.com/profile/03806770073814563148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-2758686005940677712015-08-27T09:01:01.390-07:002015-08-27T09:01:01.390-07:00I spread compost over the whole vegetable garden i...I spread compost over the whole vegetable garden in the spring and we had volunteer tomatoes, cucumbers, and yellow squash! We had several hundred tomato plants pop up, so I only kept a few. Does that really mean the compost bin didn't get hot enough though? Was the compost not as good as it could have been?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615044191386231983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-84858950699162804702015-08-27T08:43:46.864-07:002015-08-27T08:43:46.864-07:00I do have these issues!!! Sometime, I'll cart...I do have these issues!!! Sometime, I'll cart peels and other compostable stuff around with me all day, just so I don't have to through it away. I really do get a terrible feeling, when I through something compostable in the garbage! I also have the same issue with my bin not being hot enough to kill seeds. A vine grew out of my bin. I decided to let it go, so I could see what would happen. Now, I have a pumpkin the size of a medicine ball growing in my yard! My neighbors must think I'm nuts...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00472231829224844093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-32738248662926310292015-08-27T07:41:36.347-07:002015-08-27T07:41:36.347-07:00Sometimes I just get too house-bound. The compost...Sometimes I just get too house-bound. The compost pail in all its fullness calls to me: "Get your b--- out the door and go take me to my destination. Enjoy the rich outdoor odors, especially those of decomposition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567973235731943181.post-26376356185937713552015-08-27T07:17:16.367-07:002015-08-27T07:17:16.367-07:00Thanks for sharing the surprises that come from co...Thanks for sharing the surprises that come from composting. I love to take my compost out to the pile at night. Earthy. Good things from the earth returning to source. Home. Mysterious. Totally fulfilling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920384867963670298noreply@blogger.com