Bury Your Compost Directly

By postmandug
December 2, 2011

During the winter bury your coffee grounds and other compostable material directly in your garden. Come spring it will have decayed into a nice black planting spot full of worms.

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Dec 5, 2011 8:42 PM CST
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Dec 5, 2011 8:57 PM CST
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Whatsa cvat?
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Dec 5, 2011 9:04 PM CST
Name: Jamie R
Zone 5b, WI (Zone 5a)
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Hilarious!
Woman on the eastbound train
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Dec 5, 2011 9:41 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
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>> Whatsa cvat?

it's a cross between a cat and a vat. Also known as a "Value Added Cat".
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Dec 5, 2011 9:59 PM CST
Name: Jamie R
Zone 5b, WI (Zone 5a)
save the rainforest & habitat
Herbs Butterflies I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member Native Plants and Wildflowers Region: Wisconsin
Dog Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters Bulbs Irises Roses Lilies
Value added cat???...isn't that a dawg?
Woman on the eastbound train
...........................................Je Suis Désolé.
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Dec 6, 2011 12:36 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
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Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
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I used to love dogs and hate cats. Then a really cool cat acquired me as a pet. Now I find I prefer the challenge of a cat to a slobbering dog.

>> cross between a cat and a vat.

Actually, he's the folk-hero cat that's trying to defeat Budweiser's attempt to market a cat-flavored beer*. There's a book about him escaping from the first trial batch:

"The Cat in the Vat Strikes Back".


* And you know this is true, because some recent Budweiser products taste like cat ----.
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Dec 6, 2011 3:39 PM CST
Name: Jamie R
Zone 5b, WI (Zone 5a)
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Dec 6, 2011 4:42 PM CST
Name: Sheryl
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LOL @==> all three of you!
In the end, only kindness matters.

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Dec 7, 2011 2:50 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
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Nice shot!

However, from that angle ... does that dog have any "gorilla" in his ancestry?
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Dec 7, 2011 3:05 PM CST
Name: Jamie R
Zone 5b, WI (Zone 5a)
save the rainforest & habitat
Herbs Butterflies I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member Native Plants and Wildflowers Region: Wisconsin
Dog Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters Bulbs Irises Roses Lilies
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Woman on the eastbound train
...........................................Je Suis Désolé.
(also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl)
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Dec 7, 2011 4:24 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
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No shorts!
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Dec 19, 2013 10:19 AM CST
Name: Reid
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Careful when digging to mix in your compost. This disturbs the soil structure, and exposes weed seeds.
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Sep 16, 2014 6:25 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
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Anderwood said:Careful when digging to mix in your compost. This disturbs the soil structure, and exposes weed seeds.


Actually, I committed the mortal sin of putting weeds into my compost that had some seeds.
(Small, cold pile.) Then I used the compost as top-dressing over some lettuce seeds.

It's true - that guarantees a huge number of weeds.

Sometimes when "everyone knows something", it IS true.

SIGH.
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