Comments on The Compost Bin: What's Decomposing - Apples

I have this issue with my exhuberiant plum but was...

2007-07-04T23:31:00.000-04:00

I have this issue with my exhuberiant plum but was always worried about tossing them into the compost lest I help the pests. You made me feel beetter about it.

Louise, can you lend me your dog for a weekend? :...

2007-07-02T15:11:00.000-04:00

Louise, can you lend me your dog for a weekend? :)

Ki, my wife has been "suggesting" that we get rid of our tree too, but I think that even without the apples, the shade is worth it.

Annie, they should add your house to the Austin Travel Guide. Visit the famous Pear Graveyard where old pears go to decompose. :)

Steven, I hear that groundhog compost pretty well too. :)

Matron, thanks for visiting. Sure I'll join your manure debate. Who wouldn't want to talk about manure?

I am a compost fan! Great to find a blog dedicated...

2007-07-02T13:10:00.000-04:00

I am a compost fan! Great to find a blog dedicated to compost. Can you join my debate about pig manure please? do you have any insights?

I have a very old apple tree at the back of the lo...

2007-07-02T08:22:00.000-04:00

I have a very old apple tree at the back of the lot and the apples are terrible. I used to compost them as well until the groundhog decided to live under my shed, now he/she eats most of them.

That's what happens when you have an old pear tree...

2007-07-01T11:20:00.000-04:00

That's what happens when you have an old pear tree, too - like our productive but not-so-tasty tree back in the eighties. Philo had to bury the fallen pears in pits, Anthony, because they drew every ferocious yellow jacket for miles around. They still composted, but more slowly.

And now I have the litany of shrimp cuisine stuck in my mind... AAAARRGGHH

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

Growing apples to eat are almost impossible withou...

2007-06-30T22:03:00.000-04:00

Growing apples to eat are almost impossible without a heavy spraying schedule. In fact I seem to remember that it is one of the most difficult fruit to grow if you don't spray because it has so many diseases and pests attacking the tree and fruit. I had to get rid of our remaining apple tree because of fire blight.

Good use of the fruit instead of just throwing it into the garbage.

I have a similar problem, I planted 2 great apple ...

2007-06-30T20:43:00.000-04:00

I have a similar problem, I planted 2 great apple trees years ago. Trouble is collecting and eating them all when they start to drop! Luckily my dog loves eating them.

I like to turn my apple cleanup into a game and us...

2007-06-29T09:29:00.000-04:00

I like to turn my apple cleanup into a game and usually lie a garbage can down on it's side. Then I shoot the apples into it with my hockey stick. Let's Go Rangers! :)

I hear ya. I was thrilled to be moving into a hous...

2007-06-29T07:12:00.000-04:00

I hear ya. I was thrilled to be moving into a house with an apple tree too, but, like you, I don't spray, so my apples usually end up dropping all summer. My biggest problem is trying to pick them all up before my 2 year old sees them.

I laughed at your Bubba reference. I love that movie!