Comments on: 2 Acre Low-Maintenance Castings & Bait Worm Operation?

By: Bentley

Bentley — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:48:00 +0000

N. Davis – Great advice.
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JOHN – Thank-you good sir! (And who knows – you MAY even “see/hear your name in lights” in the new Worm Farming series! Wink wink)
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P.S. “Hearing your name in lights” – now there is a novel concept! LOL
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HINZY – I thought the idea was to get your wife to actually LIKE me?! LOL
Good news is that the podcast is less than 15 min so she shouldn’t suffer too long – haha
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PIETER – Great alternative idea, and definitely something a lot closer to “natural”. Would make for an excellent long-term demonstration project.
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By: Pieter van den Kerkhof

Pieter van den Kerkhof — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:17:44 +0000

Change your objectives.
With 2 acres of land on the edge of town and so much leaves i would
Plant a foodforest and use the leaves to mulch.

By: Hinzy

Hinzy — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 02:46:20 +0000

Let me start by saying I haven’t listened to Bentley’s podcast (yet…tomorrow on the drive to Baltimore the wife will be treated to it…hehehe) he may have covered this.
I use leaves as mulch in my garden and flower beds (1/3 acre). To stop the drying/blowing issue I use FRESH grass clippings as a cover. Dried clippings work ok, when they’re fresh it’s MUCH easier to spread. Put at least a 1/2″ cover, you shouldn’t be able to see the leaves below, they will dry and create a nice “thatch” cover. (If you have enough leaves to cover 2 acres, I’m assuming you can get grass cuttings in equal amounts…I’m jealous of the amount of leaves, I can’t hoard enough). It’s a delicate cover, if anything (man/woman/child or animal [birds – “cat birds” work my beds like…ahhh, well, keeping it PC…very hard) disturbs them things could start to blow around. IMHO

By: John W.

John W. — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:58:10 +0000

A good read/listen

By: N. Davis

N. Davis — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:16:25 +0000

Also check the regulations in your area. I know in my area to sell compost it has to heat up to kill pathogens for 30 days or it cannot be sold.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:08:58 +0000

Hi Dave
I figure that’s kinda lumped in there with the environmental factors that lead to a lack of control. And with the leaves being shredded, and rained on a fair bit it might not be quite so bad. Especially if he mixed them with aged manure (or other wastes in general).
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By: Dave Pawson

Dave Pawson — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 06:26:19 +0000

Wind? Leaves tend to blow into heaps. Even damp, they will dry out?
IMHO that’s the major block to it working?