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- From: p37006r@kaira.hut.fi (Matti Ikonen)
- Subject: Re: Composting
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.120218.7020@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 12:02:18 GMT
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- One not so easy way to make a compost is to use a composter. I have a
- self made recycled composter that works even in winter when we have
- -20 C (252 K). I used old freezer, which I picked up from local
- CFC-collecting plant. Freezer is the type that opens from top like a
- car trunk. So it has insulation allready, all I had to do was some
- holes to bottom and walls, put some chicken wire on the bottom (or
- actually something stronger that leaves a couple inches room for air
- to circulate) and paint it green to suit our garden.
-
- Now we compost all biodegradeble stuff from kitchen and garden.
- Temperature stays in 50 C (322 K) troughout the year. Use only
- freezers which no more have CFC. Insulation is not necessary, compost
- can frost in winter and warm up again in spring.
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-
- Matti.Ikonen@hut.fi
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