Be careful of your mulch pile!

ScottinAtlanta · February 23, 2012

Good heavens!

http://www.ctnow.com/news/connecticu...ory?hpt=us_bn4

dustyrivergarden · February 23, 2012

that happen more than you know there's been a big mulch pile burning near phoenix for a week now. its happens a lot there just not turning there piles as often as they should...

Worth1 · February 23, 2012

Thats why you dont bail green hay, it burns down barns.

Worth

Sun City Linda · February 23, 2012

Many years ago when I was a young woman, I placed a bag of peat up against an old wood fence adjoining my house. Fortunately, one sunny day, I smelled the smoke. Had I not been home it could have been a very bad ending.

RebelRidin · February 23, 2012

I really liked this part of the story...

"Turner said the federal government should reimburse the town 75 percent of the expense because Wethersfield is eligible for federal disaster aid in association with the October storm that toppled many trees statewide. ..."

Translation... "Don't let our ignorance trouble you.... "

Ooops.... Am I slipping over the cliff of politics?

Worth1 · February 23, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by RebelRidin

I really liked this part of the story...

"Turner said the federal government should reimburse the town 75 percent of the expense because Wethersfield is eligible for federal disaster aid in association with the October storm that toppled many trees statewide. ..."

Translation... "Don't let our ignorance trouble you.... "

Ooops.... Am I slipping over the cliff of politics?

No, there is a big difference between the governments idiocy and politics.
We all agree we are being hosed.

Worth

RebelRidin · February 23, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

No, there is a big difference between the governments idiocy and politics.
We all agree we are being hosed.

Worth

OK, I'll finish...

"Don't let our ignorance trouble you. Pay no attention to the fact that we are now paying a company (with your tax dollars) that makes money distrubuting and selling mulch to haul away what could have been YOUR mulch so that they can finish composting it properly and sell it back to YOU for a profit. No folks, don't let that trouble you at all...

After all it will net us another $30,000 in federal funds that we won't even have to think about in order to piddle it away right along side your local tax dollars that we already piddle away so effectively."

Sun City Linda · February 23, 2012

Good job George!!!

Worth1 · February 23, 2012

Bravo George.

Worth

tjg911 · February 23, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by RebelRidin

OK, I'll finish...

"Don't let our ignorance trouble you. Pay no attention to the fact that we are now paying a company (with your tax dollars) that makes money distrubuting and selling mulch to haul away what could have been YOUR mulch so that they can finish composting it properly and sell it back to YOU for a profit. No folks, don't let that trouble you at all...

After all it will net us another $30,000 in federal funds that we won't even have to think about in order to piddle it away right along side your local tax dollars that we already piddle away so effectively."

i was thinking the same thing! you know in the overall scheme of things here in ct, this is nothing. i can't discuss anything because it's all politics but the morons that are in hartford (governor and legislature) have been ruining this state for decades. oh new ones come and go and they just get worse, it's a crisis here, we are bankrupt tho you don't hear it on the news yet. waste like this is an every day occurrence and the tax payers, whether state or federal, pick up the tab. no one is ever punished it's just no big deal, the government will pay for it.

it's funny tho, that picture of a front end loader digging though a steaming mulch pile, because today i was out in the sticks driving around and i saw all this smoke and then i saw a bobcat (small loader not the critter) digging in the pile! i knew what it was but initially i thought the steam was from a sap house boiling maple sap to make syrup there was so much steam!

tom

Father'sDaughter · February 24, 2012

Two fires within two years:

http://peabody.patch.com/d/articles/...h-fire-in-2010

I heard that the city is now trying to shut down all mulch operations.

RebelRidin · February 24, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjg911

i was thinking the same thing! you know in the overall scheme of things here in ct, this is nothing. i can't discuss anything because it's all politics but the morons that are in hartford (governor and legislature) have been ruining this state for decades. oh new ones come and go and they just get worse, it's a crisis here, we are bankrupt tho you don't hear it on the news yet. waste like this is an every day occurrence and the tax payers, whether state or federal, pick up the tab. no one is ever punished it's just no big deal, the government will pay for it.

tom

I know it is small comfort Tom but I think CT has a lot of company across the US. It concerns me greatly, not so much for myself but for my children. From time to time I think of Jefferson and wonder how many generations will pass before we reach the time of the next great fracture in our nations history and how much sacrifice will be required to steady the path.

The irony of this being in the soil building section just struck me. I'll let this go now. It's not that I would really head off into into politics. I couldn't because I don't believe in it or in any politician, at least none breathing. It is however getting too serious and causing my mood to turn dark. I will however take away a new signature as you will see below...

Petronius_II · February 24, 2012

I guess I'm just missing something about this story.

Around here, the only problem we have with mulch is finding enough of it. It can, and probably would, go straight from the wood chipper to the gardens. No composting needed or wanted. Ruth Stout was from Connecticut, at least she'd understand. If she were still alive.

lakelady · February 24, 2012

Instead of "giving" it to the company taking it away, they should just offer and charge residents the trucking fee and give it back to the folks in the town. Nice of someone to offer to "take it away" for a fee so they can resell it! That stinks.

stormymater · February 24, 2012

Green Hay burns barns & mildews inside if it doesn't burn - makes $$$ bales of timothy & alfalfa & even fescue useless for feed.

Hot chips in my walkways are mainstay for weed control - I walk it daily though. Actually getting harder to lay hands on & the Florida betony is most grateful...

February 23, 2012	#1
ScottinAtlanta Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 2,593	Be careful of your mulch pile! Good heavens! http://www.ctnow.com/news/connecticu...ory?hpt=us_bn4

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dustyrivergarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Holbrook, Az zone 5 Posts: 157	that happen more than you know there's been a big mulch pile burning near phoenix for a week now. its happens a lot there just not turning there piles as often as they should... __________________ “The yield of a crop is LIMITED by the deficiency of any one element even though all of the other necessary elements are present in adequate amounts”. J. Von Liebig's law of the minimum.

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RebelRidin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Posts: 993	I really liked this part of the story... "Turner said the federal government should reimburse the town 75 percent of the expense because Wethersfield is eligible for federal disaster aid in association with the October storm that toppled many trees statewide. ..." Translation... "Don't let our ignorance trouble you.... " Ooops.... Am I slipping over the cliff of politics? __________________ George _____________________________ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure." Thomas Jefferson, 1787

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lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	Instead of "giving" it to the company taking it away, they should just offer and charge residents the trucking fee and give it back to the folks in the town. Nice of someone to offer to "take it away" for a fee so they can resell it! That stinks. __________________ Antoniette

February 23, 2012	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Thats why you dont bail green hay, it burns down barns. Worth

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Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Many years ago when I was a young woman, I placed a bag of peat up against an old wood fence adjoining my house. Fortunately, one sunny day, I smelled the smoke. Had I not been home it could have been a very bad ending.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Bravo George. Worth

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Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Two fires within two years: http://peabody.patch.com/d/articles/...h-fire-in-2010 I heard that the city is now trying to shut down all mulch operations.

February 24, 2012	#13
Petronius_II Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Albuquerque, NM - Zone 7a Posts: 209	I guess I'm just missing something about this story. Around here, the only problem we have with mulch is finding enough of it. It can, and probably would, go straight from the wood chipper to the gardens. No composting needed or wanted. Ruth Stout was from Connecticut, at least she'd understand. If she were still alive.

February 24, 2012	#15
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Green Hay burns barns & mildews inside if it doesn't burn - makes $$$ bales of timothy & alfalfa & even fescue useless for feed. Hot chips in my walkways are mainstay for weed control - I walk it daily though. Actually getting harder to lay hands on & the Florida betony is most grateful...