[Community_garden] Seek Most Thoughtful "Composting" City Code

[Mike McGrath]

wood chips and bark are the worst mulches (they starve plants of nitrogen, 
breed house staining fungi and often catch on fire); compost is the best.
Read any of the mulching “Questions of the Week” in this archive of 
"Previous Questions of the Week" from my Public Radio show, where our 
alphabetical order listing makes it easy to find the topics you need!

All the best, Mike McG/ You Bet Your Garden





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Godsil" <godsil.james at gmail.com>
To: "Community Gardens USA" <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Seek Most Thoughtful "Composting" City Code


> Dear All,
>
> I just met with a city inspector responding to a complaint regarding my
> front yard landscaping, which turns out to be my best effort as an 
> "intern"
> urban farmer to make a "Front Yard Victory Garden."
>
> Her complaint regarding my not having wood chips as ground cover between 
> my
> plants makes sense to me and I plan on immediately complying(unless 
> someone
> gives me better reasons not to).
>
> But it is my anxiety that Milwaukee's codes regarding composting might
> confine us if we follow the letter of the law to tiny plastic containers
> that will never contribute toward enough heat in the ingredients "breaking
> down" to make much sense.
>
> Can anyone offer a list of the finest codes anywhere around(beyond North
> America) regarding urban habitat composting?
>
> http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage
>
> *On this page…*
>
>   1. Complying With Approopriate City
> Codes<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc1>
>      1. 1.1  Ground
> Cover<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc2>
>   2. Inspirational
> Stories<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc3>
>      1. 2.1  The Dallas Dirt Doctor Helping Texas Go
> Green<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc4>
>   3. Conversations Inspired by Gods Hill City
> Farm<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc5>
>   4. Random Photo
> Offerings<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Godshillcityfarm/HomePage#toc6>
>
> [image:
> http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Main/SideTop?action=download&upname=cityfarm.jpg]
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James J. Godsil
> Urban Farming Intern
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