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Wow its been almost half a decade since I've logged on to this forum! The reason I finally came on was to check on this thread specifically because I'm interested in once again starting a compost pile. Its been a while and I forgot the ropes a bit but looking through this forum will get me right...

Amazing garden! I'm sure your yield was large this year. ;)

Awesome. Would look interesting in a salad. :P

Yeah, you should probably work on that. The compost is finished curing and I currently have it in a pot with the chickens. Its not feeding any plants right now but the chickens are feeding it. Thanks for the tips, guys. I hope this helped some people who are interested in making their own...

Oh, very nice. If I were a worm, that would most certainly be my dream home. Oh boy, look at all that manure! Nice job, ~RLAZ

Hmmm....I harvested the last of my peas just before Thanksgiving. :)

Oh, By the way, you can see the procedure for starting my compost here: http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=255494#p255494

Through stuff in a pile and let it sit. There's nothing complicated about it. Everything has to rot sometime! There's only 1 thing for sure in life...death, and that everything decomposes.

http://www.compostguy.com/bokashi-resource-page/ Sounds like an interesting process.

There are some fragrant daylillies if you're interested in perennials. They grow wonderfully in any soil and in any if they can withstand arizona, NM will be like heaven.

This is the first time I've tried to propagate any tree and have ended up with some success. In late January, I cut 5 dormant twigs off my fig tree, hoping to turn them into baby trees. I dipped them in powder root hormone and wrapped each in a wet paper towel. Then I put them in a plastic bag...

I finally uploaded the pics of when I was turning the pile. This was the second time turning the pile that has been cooking for 2 weeks. I started off by taking off the garbage ties holding the chicken wire together and taking it off from around the pile. So now I had this tower shaped...

I have some uploads in my BYC account that I want to share here. Is it possible for the URL to show a pic on the TEG forums? Thanks, ~Rio

Wow, that does sound like a hefty tool. Thanks for sharing, a bunch of ideas just sparked in my mind. ~Rio

Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing. That Bougainvillea will boom for you in the summer. We had one that started that size and is now a shade tree. Very nice! ~Rio

Yesterday the pile was blazing! 2" down and I couldn't go further. It was the hottest I had ever felt it. Yet, today it wasn't warm at all. I'm scheduled to turn it tomorrow, so that should get it fired up again. I've noticed there is mold growing on the material. It's dry mold. All of the...

:gig I live in the southern Sonoran desert, and the mint was growing beside the cacti!

Wow, every summer I have a bunch lavender seedlings growing around the garden. I do have several bushes, though. You could try the old egg-carton way. They transplant well and are very low maintenance.

Thanks for the tip. Most of the weeds were dandelions that haven't gone to seed. This morning, I was sent outside to put a large bowl of kitchen scraps in the compost pile. So, as advised in my research, I dug a trench in the center of the heap. I added all the materials (which consisted of...

This morning, I found my chihuahua curled up on the heap. I guess she was cold this morning, or just likes the heat? Anyway, once I shooed her off, I shoved my hand deep into the pile. It was quite exhilirating. First, I found steam beaming against my hand...going deeper, I felt the real nice...