Compost Questions

Hit the books.

And/or the Web. Enormous amount of information out there.

Doing your own research is VERY important for any student, college age or adult. You develop skills that will help you later in life. You will learn to analyze the information that you acquire; compare, contrast, evaluate -- IOW, develop a functioning crap detector.

Excuse mini-sermon...I hope it helps.

Persephone

There are a variety of methods. The easiest/cheapest is a 4-foot heap on the ground.

Make more heaps. I find that 4-foot heaps are the easiest to manage.

I guess machinery that can move large amounts of materials.

It could be ugly. You have to keep it moist for it to work.

Not sure. But I think every gardener *should* be aware of the benefits.

Tell your gardening friends.

Not sure. My method has worked great for many years.

Oops - sorry if I blew it, Steve. Perhaps if you'd mentioned that, people would have responded. Guess it's too late now, boo-hoo.

Persephone

Same as above but with shredders and multiple piles to about 6'X6'

Same as #2 but use skiploaders and industrial shredders

yes

soil building, hard work

hard work. soil building

popularity? Composting is a natural process that has occured on Earth long before humans ever made a compost pile.

Sandwhich signs, Large billboards, and superbowl comercials

Vermiculture

and compost teas (google search it for more info).

rob

Steve,

I use compost from the city run facility. We place bags of leaves and other compostable items on a different day than our trash pickup. The city picks it up. It can't be any easier than that. The only drawback is that when we pick it up it is not fully composted. I pick it up in Fall and then use it the next Spring.

Good luck and I hope your study leads to less compost in the municiple dump.

Mike

Another drawback may be quality. I only put noxious weeds out for pickup. Everything else goes in my pile.