User:Madmagic/sandbox

This is a Wikipedia sandbox page
Hit the 'Edit this page' to edit. Once you're editing, scroll down to try out the Save page and Show preview buttons.

Play here and have fun! You can't break anything -- all the prior versions are saved and can be restored, no matter what you do.

Cheers, Madmagic 19:45, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia is NOT a social blog site Red58bill (talk) 18:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

No, seriously -- I mean it!
Go ahead, try an edit. :) It's no more difficult than at TCF. Cheers, Madmagic 07:45, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * (Sheesh! It's only been a day :) ). SB Johnny 14:55, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah, but I'm impatient! ;) See the use of ':' for start-of-line indents, making thread contributions easier to follow? Cheers, Madmagic 17:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Yup, I know about those... might be a good thing to back-post some of that stuff on TCF. (BTW, you know about the URL change, right?) SB Johnny 18:41, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

This might just be a great idea... I played a bit with the what not to compost. Joule 1/9/06

Compost Froup FrAQ #1: Abbreviations and Terminology

 * BSF - Black Soldier Fly: The larvae of this fly do a good job breaking things down.
 * CT - Compost Tea
 * ACT - Aerated Compost Tea
 * FCT - Fermented Compost Tea


 * IALBTC: It All Leads Back To Compost (Coined by Professor Dirt)
 * OPBL - Other People's Bagged Leaves
 * OPBSL - Other People's Bagged Shredded Leaves


 * OPBGC - Other People's Bagged Grass Clippings
 * Putrescibles - Things that can be composted
 * Putrid scribbles - TreePapa's alternate name for Putrescribles


 * TSU - Our former home, "The Soil Underground" (sometimes called YKW2)
 * SFA - Safe for Allie - Allie is Alliegator, our most beloved poster, "SFA" denotes items, discussions, links of a G rated or PG rating, generally most used on the Open Forum
 * NSFA - Not Safe for Allie - See above

(Ahh, I see we have work to do... red text means the page does not exist yet... SB Johnny 14:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC))


 * No article on Compost Tea?? Gah. For shame. Cheers, Madmagic 17:22, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Compost tea capitalization is important Red58bill (talk) 18:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Compost Ingredients
(you can click on the [edit] to the right of Greens, Browns, or What Not To Compost -- to add items, descriptions, or edit existing items and descriptions. Have fun! Cheers, Madmagic 07:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC))

ANY organic is compostable under proper controlled composting conditions Red58bill (talk) 18:31, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Greens

 * Kitchen Scraps


 * Grass Clippings





Browns

 * Tree Leaves - Leaves are a good source of trace minerals. They can be gathered in fall and stored dry to use year-round. If added whole to compost in thick layers, leaves tend to pack down and block the flow of air. When shredded with a lawn mower or a weed trimmer, tree leaves take up less storage space and compost faster.


 * Shredded office paper


 * Sawdust





What Not To Compost
Clay says "Pictures are always necessary"
 * Bread: Our Compost inspector does not like to see bread in the pile, as it makes a soggy mess.  Joule 1/9/06



Compost Froup FrAQ#2: for the Tomatoes Forum
(Hi Guys... just hit the little blue "edit" thing, just to the right and above this paragraph, and type away!)