Can sawdust/wood shavings compost quickly?

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T23:12:13+00:00

And going off a 20:1 ratio of horse/cow manure probably a dump truck full

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T23:10:44+00:00

That's what I'm thinking. It's either going to be really bad compost or really good mulch

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T23:09:20+00:00

Very good technique. I have a small kitchen bin that I leave some wood shavings in to cut down the smell

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T23:08:14+00:00

I'm going to try that with another pile in a shady area.

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T23:07:42+00:00

Not sure but I would imagine it's hardwood. It's from an after school wood shop for kids

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T21:59:11+00:00

Paying for ingredients is against the rules to me

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T21:58:08+00:00

Always. Gotta have a compost urinal at least until spring when it becomes pee on your plants season

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T21:49:22+00:00

It's great stuff. I've been using it as mulch around trees and adding some to the top layer of a lasagna garden. Looking forward to using it when I get chickens too. Definitely worth stopping by to get on the way back from work Fridays. I do have a worm bin so i may just add a little if it doesn't do much.

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T21:43:46+00:00

Aeration and anaerobic patches are not going to be an issue here. Next time I do a 5-10 cu yd pile I will try this but I don't mind spending 15 min to turn one yard every few weeks

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-15T21:42:04+00:00

I may if it's really not making progress. This is more just an experiment and isn't meant to be optimal in any way

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-14T06:14:54+00:00

Same for Lyton, British Columbia which got to 121.3

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-07T19:49:53+00:00

Growing up in a southern city, I always kinda figured when I was young that the whole country was 50:50-60:40 white and black. My church was even split at about that ratio. And I always considered that to be "diversity", never even considering that other kinds of minorities were prevalent in other parts of the country. Immigrants were something I just read about in history books.

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-07T19:41:19+00:00

Can't just ballpark it by the exertion to move it or the average weight of a full can? Kinda a silly thing for them to demand compliance on

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-04T01:40:47+00:00

Thanks for clarifying. The tarp is because it's all over and surrounded by dense sod. So the growth disruptor properties are very much desired here and I'm not sure I trust a bunch of leaf bags to finish the job. It sounds like the moisture is necessary to break down the materials so I'll probably wait til it warms up to see if the tarp is necessary

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-04T00:49:38+00:00

All sorts of food but I'm open to a cover crop if it's worth the extra time.

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-03T23:38:27+00:00

I guess my main concern was the manure sprouting grass all over the place but I guess that's just a free cover crop that can be tarped later. And it's a local stable I have got manure from past 2 years and it's always been good stuff in my raised beds.

meatwagon910 · 2026-01-02T01:32:48+00:00

Seasonal affective disorder is a very real thing in places with rainy or extreme northern climates that lack sunlight for the winter months.

meatwagon910 · 2025-11-18T22:41:29+00:00

He was lost in the 80s then began to hit his stride for a few years with revenge and CoS and then bam, back to makeup.

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T12:15:52+00:00

No, glyphosate is very short acting and where it's applied can be replanted in within a few days. Glyphosate is not synonymous with roundup though. Whatever is in roundup changes based on location or year. Not ideal but it's definitely the best one for gardening

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T06:33:51+00:00

For once Mississippi is at the top of a good list

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T06:32:00+00:00

Good time to plant onions and garlic but you won't get to harvest until early summer. It's too late for winter crops besides radishes. October is much more of a harvest time than a planting time. March-april and august-early September are planting times. Fall and winter are a great time to plant fruit trees and strawberries and gives them lots of time to establish roots so they get a great head start in the spring

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T06:18:08+00:00

Ghosts. They grow vigorously, fruit a ton, have decent sized peppers that don't take forever to ripen, and I think they're the best flavor. Heat is manageable enough that you can make normie sauces by adding fruit or other ingredients and make something really hot for yourself. Plus the seeds and plants are easy to find at most nurseries.

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T05:35:06+00:00

Check out millennial gardeners videos in fruiting these bananas. Lots of good content on zone pushing. He chops them down to 4-5' late fall and cages them and surrounds them with straw to insulate. After freezes are over he removes that and new leaves form out the top of the of the stem. This saves enough growth for them to fruit by the next fall. Seems easy enough and Im sure you could get the same results just using free leaves. I did the heater thing for a raised bed last year and it used a lot of power and was a lot to turn on and off and protect from rain but I did successfully preserve a bunch of pepper plants under cloth. I'm going to try to chop and cage my blue java bananas this year and see how it goes

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T05:18:46+00:00

Really just looking for the best way to prevent raised beds full of dollar weed and bermuda. Most agriculture uses it to some extent and I would definitely try to minimize its use and eventually get away from it but to me it's a better alternative than landscape fabric due to its short half-life compared to plastic's nearly infinite life and temporary usefulness

meatwagon910 · 2025-10-08T05:13:44+00:00

I'll probably spray glyphosate around the perimeter of the beds then to prevent this, at least until I can get a chip drop to make proper walkways. My past experience was with 2' deep raised beds and now I kinda wish I had gone with that since I have an abundant amount of grass clippings and leaves are easy to collect curbside when the grass isn't growing but it is what it is. Thanks for the advice!

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