tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post7528977449174225263..comments2023-12-07T05:50:30.962-05:00Comments on Skippy's Vegetable Garden: calculating compostkathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-13869071442015958022011-04-03T10:51:14.669-04:002011-04-03T10:51:14.669-04:00Good point on watching the source of your compost....Good point on watching the source of your compost. Many of our compost sources around here are from yard waste. We've been wondering how good this product is, even if it is screened. On the other hand, its better to use local resources and not have them trucked off and incinerated. Many soils in our area have high lead levels and lawns are chemically treated. I don't know much of this ends up in the compost. The best sources we have found seem to be organic Farms in the suburbs, like Four Feathers Farm. <br /><br />I'd love to hear more advice on good compost sources.kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-14823640882254533562011-04-02T16:17:09.320-04:002011-04-02T16:17:09.320-04:00I would humbly suggest NOT getting compost from We...I would humbly suggest NOT getting compost from Weiss Farm in Stoneham. Two years ago I bought 50/50 mix (soil/compost) and it was decent. Last year it was filled with glass, pens, chopped credit cards and other miscellaneous junk. In addition there were a LOT of large rocks (as big as my fist.)<br /><br />I later researched their compost methods. While their website makes it sound as though they use cow manure that is not correct. Instead they use the fertilizer/herbicide/fungicide-laden clippings from commercial lawn services.<br /><br />Might be okay for a lawn but a bit sketchy to grow veggies in it.Jeremy Marinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307993092253527957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-60735523337122838012011-04-01T08:30:39.304-04:002011-04-01T08:30:39.304-04:00I just finished putting on 3.5cuyds on my vegetabl...I just finished putting on 3.5cuyds on my vegetable beds. It seems like so much but really isn't. I've got about 567 sqft of bed space. Or 63 sqyds. Though I had extra so the herb beds might gets some too. I usually don't compost up the herb beds.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-43918520483653845052011-03-31T23:06:25.644-04:002011-03-31T23:06:25.644-04:00Thanks Carys. I made a silly error. We have 15 x 1...Thanks Carys. I made a silly error. We have 15 x 15ft plots (225 ft2) x 125 plots = 28,000 total ft2. Thankskathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947233901412406068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-75825177010879426322011-03-31T18:13:16.962-04:002011-03-31T18:13:16.962-04:00Your numbers are starting off wrong or mistyped; 1...Your numbers are starting off wrong or mistyped; 15 sq ft (3'x5' plots?) x 125 plots equals 1875 sq ft.<br /><br />CarysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28216161.post-62652973607851985432011-03-31T12:50:10.829-04:002011-03-31T12:50:10.829-04:00One way to look at it is that if there's some ...One way to look at it is that if there's some left over, sell it to someone else looking for some.wvhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581259093210091348noreply@blogger.com