I have been picking up blackwalnuts (Juglans nigra) over the past few days from the yard.
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Compost Mole
Yesterday was a cloudy and cool day to work outside, so I decided to burn a few calories to generate some body heat by cleaning up the garden; screening the 2008 compost pile; closing the recently turned 2009 compost heap; and to begin the over wintering (2009-10) compost heap.
Below is a photo/video sequence of the events.
2008 heap (left) 2009 heap (right)
Sceening the 2008 heap to produce a finished compost.
Screening allows me to remove:
Below is a photo/video sequence of the events.
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Sceening the 2008 heap to produce a finished compost.
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- nonbiodegradable materials
- return larger biodegradable materials to the overwinter (2010) for further decomposition
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Screened compost is shoveled onto the finished compost pile.
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