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Monday, July 20, 2009

Compost


I will set up my compost processing plant first thing when I get started with the cool weather projects. Every improvement project I plan to undertake in the cooler season will produce material for the compost heap. Most of the anticipated projects will receive one or more grades of compost.

One part of the compost plant is the incoming material which is collected from the job sites. Another part of the compost plant is the material the plant produces. My equipment will produce four grades of materials. What I know is plant material decays once it dies. Decomposed plant material is called compost. I don't know much more than that. I'm going to take what equipment I have and try to figure out how to draw out the energy in the process of decay and apply this energy to enhance growth in the garden. I'm not even sure why. It seems like this is the very essence of gardening. Something which I can't really put my finger on compels me to work; to seek, to experiment.

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