[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Sawdust for Composters

[Chris Green]

Lawrence Lile wrote:
> and will provide much fodder [ducks, runs] for further thought.  
>
> I didn't really know a better term for the stuff you throw into the compost toilet bin, litter sounds pretty good. 
How about 'compostables'? That's a good one-size-fits-all word. As a 
general rule of thumb,  "Anything that comes out of the ground can go 
back into the ground." But pine needles could use a little help in 
becoming compost.  I understand that putting them in a metal garbage can 
and hitting them with a weed wacker does a good job of chopping up the 
leaves and needles. An ordinary lawn mower can be used to shred 
newspapers and such.

The stuff a person rakes up from under trees is called leaf mulch or, 
occasionally, duff in this area.
One year I raked up one corner of the yard and hauled 8 to 10  large 
wheelbarrow loads to the garden, and dug it in. (yes, by hand.) 
Subsequently 72 apricot seeds sprouted. :-) Tough little trees, those.

Cheers,

Chris Green.