Comments on: Make Some Real Compost http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html Well Kind Of – With Self Sufficiency & Frugal Living Tips Plus Musings from the Mountain Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: At Last New Homemade Compost Bins | A Self Sufficient Life http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-23476 At Last New Homemade Compost Bins | A Self Sufficient Life Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:00:34 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-23476 [...] we love our garden compost here at Casa Dirty Boots.  But, the one thing we don’t – well didn’t love was [...] [...] we love our garden compost here at Casa Dirty Boots.  But, the one thing we don’t – well didn’t love was [...]

]]> By: Mrs.Dirty Boots http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-14282 Mrs.Dirty Boots Wed, 05 May 2010 10:32:12 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-14282 Nice to have a scientific perspective! Cheers Brandon. Nice to have a scientific perspective! Cheers Brandon.

]]> By: brandon http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-14246 brandon Tue, 04 May 2010 05:45:56 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-14246 Hey, You and I agree on most things and I love your point of view. I am a medical laboratory scientist so I have a unique perspective of night soil and the like. I would like to say the main problem is people not allowing it to degrade properly. Also as long as your family is disease free from this or that it is fine. I would caution that if a child or that gets sick with diarrhea( or the like) to not use than cause no matter what most of those bugs thrive in that environment. Most pathogens are found in small amounts in the soil so you are concentrating them in the gut when you have diarrhea or other gastro-intestinal problem... With all that said with a healthy family it is usually ok to use "night soil" just make sure to wait and let the worms and stuff digest it really really well. Hey,

You and I agree on most things and I love your point of view. I am a medical laboratory scientist so I have a unique perspective of night soil and the like. I would like to say the main problem is people not allowing it to degrade properly. Also as long as your family is disease free from this or that it is fine. I would caution that if a child or that gets sick with diarrhea( or the like) to not use than cause no matter what most of those bugs thrive in that environment. Most pathogens are found in small amounts in the soil so you are concentrating them in the gut when you have diarrhea or other gastro-intestinal problem… With all that said with a healthy family it is usually ok to use “night soil” just make sure to wait and let the worms and stuff digest it really really well.

]]> By: Mr.Dirty Boots http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-12622 Mr.Dirty Boots Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:15:10 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-12622 Rosie, I guess our Dogs mean that we get minimal other animals. The other option is simply to get some form of lid so foxes cannot get to the compost heap. Rosie, I guess our Dogs mean that we get minimal other animals. The other option is simply to get some form of lid so foxes cannot get to the compost heap.

]]> By: Rosie at Eco-gites http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-12458 Rosie at Eco-gites Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:39:35 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-12458 Hello there I don't compost things such as dead birds, meat etc as the foxes/rats come and dig them up. I don't want to attract vermin so how you get round this problem? Hello there

I don’t compost things such as dead birds, meat etc as the foxes/rats come and dig them up. I don’t want to attract vermin so how you get round this problem?

]]> By: Mrs.Dirty Boots http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-12270 Mrs.Dirty Boots Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:14:20 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-12270 You forgot dead mice and frogs occasionally found in water butts! Oh and all the poultry manure and bedding cleaned out from hencoop (well me anyway) ;) You forgot dead mice and frogs occasionally found in water butts!

Oh and all the poultry manure and bedding cleaned out from hencoop (well me anyway) ;)

]]> By: Mr.Dirty Boots http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-12261 Mr.Dirty Boots Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:43:48 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-12261 Jef, it is usually made up from dirt that is washed in to barrels from the roof. It can be a bit smelly but it has to go somewhere! Jef, it is usually made up from dirt that is washed in to barrels from the roof. It can be a bit smelly but it has to go somewhere!

]]> By: Jef http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/make-some-real-compost.html/comment-page-1#comment-12254 Jef Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:22:09 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=1367#comment-12254 Wow, that's quite the list. I'm still trying to figure out what the heck "Sludge from the bottom of water butts" is. :) Wow, that’s quite the list. I’m still trying to figure out what the heck “Sludge from the bottom of water butts” is. :)

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