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Bajatripper
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Ecomujeres
with that much posting, no wonder you're behind on your other projects!
Thanks for the tips. But keep it up, and we'll think of you in the same way we think of David K and his fondness for maps.
[Edited on 10-21-2010 by Bajatripper]
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ecomujeres
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Bajatripper:
Oh, oh, I've been caught!
But I'd just finished up the meloncoyote pages and needed a break, and composting/recycling is one of our big interests. And I had to get it all said
before we go off the grid for the weekend.
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durrelllrobert
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a community compost pile is great, but if it gets too big there is a real danger of spontanious combustion. happened to me twice with a pile that
measured 4 ft x 16 ft x about 3 ft deep.
Bob Durrell
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
a community compost pile is great, but if it gets too big there is a real danger of spontanious combustion. happened to me twice with a pile that
measured 4 ft x 16 ft x about 3 ft deep.
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Great idea to put one right next to that over-insured house that won't sell. 
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bajateresa
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environmentally sound food waste disposal
Ecomujeres,
Muchisima gracias for the lengthy and informative posting!
i didn't go into a lot of detail in my original posting about the (p)recycling efforts under way here at Posada, but we are putting barrels in a
central location here for recyclables like aluminum cans, mixed metals, and #1 plastic, and our groundskeepers will taken them regularly to Juan, the
guy on Mex 1 who will give our guys a few pesos for them. our community recycling team is dedicated to encouraging folks here to use cloth grocery
bags and reuse plastic veggie bags, reduce packaging waste, etc. We sent out a community-wide email this summer suggesting people bring boxed wine
instead of the usual cases and cases of bottled wine, whose glass ends up in the dump....
yesterday we learned that the owner of Posada is buying 2 piglets that will be housed across the road -- her contribution to disposal of cooked waste,
including meat, chicken, and fish. this week we installed a Green Cone, a composting device that the City of Seattle distributed to all households in
the '90s (before they instituted curbside food waste pickup). you can Google "green cone composting" for a look at it. the cone has a basket under it
that is buried in the ground -- here, we put it as far from the beach as poss but still within the Posada boundary, so people wd be willing to
actually walk their raw veggie waste to it. a lid on top locks securely, so it is a "closed" system. The cone is an experiment and, with the advent of
the pigs, can be limited to raw veggie waste disposal. we have a supply of "brown" waste to balance the green, and we'll keep an eye on its moistness.
this discussion has been educational and so very helpful. thank you again!
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mcfez
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Let me make this simple
Two things here.
Take all the fish waste, place into 30 gal container with partial water. keep adding water and fish waste. This becomes "fish emulsion" .....organic
fertilizer. the plants will Schwarzenegger on you!
All the other stuff....make a plot map of future sites for gardens, trees, shrubs. As you go....dig out these future planting areas....throw
everything including Mother in Laws into the hole. Cover with sand/soil once filled. Install your plants there six months later.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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mulegemichael
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we have a large, heavy duty blender that we make instant compost with....save up all our kitchen scraps during the week, put them in the blender with
a little water and whirr them into a slurry...beachgirl just dumps this directly onto the ground and bingo!..instant compost...no problem with stinky
smelly rotting veggies, no problem with animals or insects...just scratch it into the ground and it's gone..time to plant!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Take all the fish waste, place into 30 gal container with partial water. keep adding water and fish waste. This becomes "fish emulsion" .....organic
fertilizer. the plants will Schwarzenegger on you!
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That could also be used in the bait-can in a lobster trap.
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Pompano
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Compost? I wish..but my folks taught me to eat everything on my plate. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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wessongroup
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Damn, Dennis... you did fish for lobsters... and for some reason I thought you were just "office type"..
Have watched the guys out in front going out every day and pull "traps/pots" .. taking one heck of a lot off "kelp" of the "pot ropes"...
It looks to be one hard task to do .. the weight of the "pots" with the kelp appear pretty heavy to get up off the bottom and get through the kelp..
had never watched someone fish for lobster.. dive for them yes, but, not really work the pots...
Usually two guys in one boat, but sometimes one.. also have seen them get "stuck" in the kelp for hours and hours... once the others had to go back
out to get one guy.. he just could not get out of the "kelp"... tried for an entire afternoon.. and was still there around sundown.. that's went the
others came out to give a hand..
Fishing for a living, one tough dangerous job... lost a good friend that was a "crab" fisherman.. he got his leg in the rope when tossing the traps ..
and that was it... RIP
[Edited on 10-26-2010 by wessongroup]
[Edited on 10-26-2010 by wessongroup]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Damn, Dennis... you did fish for lobsters... and for some reason I thought you were just "office type"..
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I was "office type" Wiley. After work. There was a popular bar in Costa Mesa called THE OFFICE and we would go there almost daily.
Jeeeezo...that was like a billion years ago.
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wessongroup
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Well, isn't this a small world, have been to the same place on occasion... had some folks that I would work with, just across the street when BofA had
some space there... but is been a very long time ago.. also...
[Edited on 10-26-2010 by wessongroup]
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ecomujeres
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Bajateresa:
Just came back on-line this week and catching up with Nomads, emails, etc.
It was great to read your post about the efforts that your group is already putting into action, especially the pre-cycling. Love the PIGS!! No one
else wants the waste for their pigs? Then get your own. Perfect!
I'm not familiar with the green cone but it sounds really interesting. We'd love to come out and see how things are going some day if that works for
you, now that we are back in Mulege.
And Mulegemichael:
We heard about your blender trick from mutual friends here at the park. Excellent, as long as you have a blender and power. I know, for those who
don't have power, there are those kind of blenders you can attach to a bicycle to power it! :-) We have eyed those over the years, but for some
reason, have never invested.
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