Composting Holes?

[desertgirl]

I read about this somewhere, and have been doing it (makes sense to me)

Basically you save up your kitchen scraps (anything you would normally compost) and then dig a foot or so deep hole next to tree roots-like at the drip line. put in your scraps, and cover with soil so varmits aren't tempted.

It doesn't do much during the winter, but when the ground starts warming up up it is like a little power booster pill for your trees.

Comments?

 

[boggybranch]

Watched a vid on YouTube, yesterday, where a lady did this in her garden (on an allotment in the UK).....but she saves up enough "scraps" and digs a trench to put them in

 

[digitS']

I have done this - in fact, I have done a lot of things with compostables, DG !

Taking out "the most hated tool on the ranch" (posthole digger :/), punching holes in the yard, and burying kitchen scraps just seemed like a very good idea. It fits well with my lazy lifestyle and complete unwillingness to turn compost in recent years.

There's nothing in my yard that can "dig" other than a few laying hens and the resident tree squirrel, however.

The holes aren't very big and I can really generate those compostables during the growing season. Also, the ground is frozen here for several months each winter. Therefore, the posthole digger isn't suitable for year-around application of soil amendments, but it has its uses.

(Don't you like that "application of soil amendments" term? Sounds technical . )

Steve

 

[desertgirl]

Ha! You are so right. Very technical, indeed!

Yes, last week we went out to bury some compostables and the ground was frozen solid. All went into the worm bin.

Maybe we will pre-dig them next year....

Good hearing from you, digitS!!!

 

[ducks4you]

Taking out "the most hated tool on the ranch" (posthole digger :/),
Steve

I have a post hole auger--got it at Menard's, I think, about 10 years ago, and I love it for holes. It looks like this picture, below, and has a handle at the top.

I have to shovel a shallow hole first, which usually takes about 2 scoopfuls of dirt. Then, I insert my auger and turn, like a screw. It fills up dirt in between the scoops, and you pick it out of the hole to empty each time it's full. You can even adjust the distance between the scoops for smaller or larger holes. It is SO EASY to use--I really don't know why they sell the other kind. YOURS takes a professional wrestler to handle it!! I swear, a little kid could dig a hole with the one I own, if you give them some time to do it. I've dug up to 3 ft holes with this one.

(Here's the accompanying article:
http://www.winterlakeresearchcenter.org/newwell.htm )

 

[desertgirl]

Hmm....

I think I might have an excuse for DH to go to Home Depot (always dangerous!).