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To: Red_Devil 232

How do you keep the weeds out of your compost pile? THe last time I tried to start one I had a cage and my husband pllaced it out behind some shrubbery in the back pasture. Within 3 weeks the cage was totally encased in bind weed. Impossible to turn, or to tend, or to even dismantle. It’s still there, LOL.

You can see the reason for his skepticism.


63 posted on 10/23/2009 12:18:07 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I have never had a problem with weeds in the compost pile. So I don’t have an answer for you.


74 posted on 10/23/2009 12:38:29 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; happydogx2; MtnClimber
Within 3 weeks the cage was totally encased in bind weed. Impossible to turn, or to tend, or to even dismantle. It’s still there, LOL.

Run, don't walk from Bindweed! Find a clear place to build your compost pile. Roundup will knock down Bindweed but it is so tenacious it takes years to control. I have been gardening for 70 years and have forgotten more then I ever knew. The last 55 years on the shore of Humboldt Bay where some of the best dope in the world is grown but you won't find any in my yard so don't ask. Our 10 day Forecast...

86 posted on 10/23/2009 3:35:18 PM PDT by tubebender (Santa Claus is always jolly cause he knows where all the bad girls live...)
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