| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| cab |
German mound?Anyone made one for decomposing the tougher garden wastes? Any cop?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_mound Considering a bash at one of these with winters brassica stems. |
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| Soapnutter |
That looks interesting, I bet it'd be warmer too for things planted on the top.... | ||||
| Northern_Lad |
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| marigold |
Yeah, it sort of sounded rude to me too  . You wouldn't get much raw material in the titchy hole specified  .
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| TAVASCAROW |
Can't see the benefit.
I put my woody material through the chipper & mix it with green material then compost in the bin. A lot quicker than 4-5 years. 
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| cab |
True enough, but I haven't got a chipper... And it may well be quite a neat way of handling the hard stuff. Although generally I just bury them under where the runner beans are going to go, that seems to fettle them. This might just be another nice way to do it. |
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| marigold |
Using time rather than machinery does seem more downsizery  . My brother had some wonderful mulch from piled-up leylandii branches that he never got around to taking to the tip. It took about 10 years...
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| cassy |
I don't remember which thread this came from but this chap used a similar idea -
permaculture practice : art in action, about one third of the way down the first page. It looks like a good solution to tough materials if you don't want to use fossil fuels, but have not used it myself yet. |
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| vegplot |
5 inches wide 
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| Slim |
Sounds like a small version of what I've heard referred to as "hugelkultur" or some such spelling of a similar word.
(Hugulkultur? nah, that's not it) |