On 5/8/2013 4:14 PM, Alfred Fox wrote:
On Wed, 08 May 2013 11:16:31 -0500, Moe DeLoughan wrote:

Space and ease of use, most probably. Most ground is already put to
use so there's no free space to incorporate garden/kitchen waste.
Also, adding it to a heap or barrel is less effort than digging it
into the ground, and makes it less available for scavengers.

Makes sense. Luckily I have plenty of space.

I was adding it to a square 18" high recycling bin prior - but that
bin was too heavy to move after it got full of soil + compost.

Now, I just chop it into the ground; cover with soil; and water it,
and it seems to work (although I have to keep animals away as I had
found all the bones were dug up if I didn't).

Long term, I'll see how well it works over a year's span. I do realize
I'm "breaking the rules" by adding everything (fish, chicken, beef,
pork, bacon fat, eggshells, orange peels, banana peels, lettuce cores,
avocado pits, stale bread and crackers, etc.) from the kitchen.

I never saw a good explanation of why not.


"Attracting rodents" is reason #1, #2 and #3! Not to mention digging
into a pocket of rotten meat if one turns the pile. Link he
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/ID-182.pdf

Someone who likes breeding worms explains how to (carefully) incorporate
meat to a compost:
http://greenliving.nationalgeographi...aste-2320.html

I just set up my new compost pile this morning...new home, doing lots of
landscaping and planting veg. garden....I just melted some holes in a
black plastic tub to keep out by the garden and koi pond. Can dump in
kitchen stuff and algae from the pond if the koi don't eat it )