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Lawrence residents can purchase large amounts of compost this week
September 21, 2009
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Area residents will have a chance to purchase large amounts of compost for their lawns and gardens this week.
The city will host its annual compost sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the city’s compost and woodchip facility, 1420 E. 11th Street.
The city will sell the compost for $10 per pickup truck load. Free compost will be available for people who load it themselves.
Compost is an organic material made from leaves and grass clippings that have broken down over time. The material is often used by gardeners to enrich their soils.
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21 September 2009
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Blessed4x (Anonymous) says…
Too easy. To comment on this headline would be like shooting fish in a barrel.
21 September 2009
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introversion (Anonymous) says…
In Olathe, they can get compost for free whenever they want. I never thought Lawrence would take a lesson like that from Olathe.
21 September 2009
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Danimal (Anonymous) says…
Lawrence could learn a lot of things from Olathe, like proper street and infrastructure maintenance.
21 September 2009
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Keith (Anonymous) says…
“introversion (Anonymous) says…
In Olathe, they can get compost for free whenever they want.”
You can get it free here too, you just have to bring your own containers and load it yourself. They charge if you have them dump a truckload into your pickup. Can't help you with the anytime aspect though.
21 September 2009
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GardenMomma (Anonymous) says…
Anyone know why the city's compost smells like a backed up bathroom? My neighbor gets city compost and for days, her yard stinks like an outhouse.
I compost in my yard and compost kitchen scraps as well as yard waste and it doesn't smell like the city's. Everything I've ever read about composting says it shouldn't smell bad.
21 September 2009
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Keith (Anonymous) says…
GardenMomma, are you sure your neighbor is getting compost and not the biosludge the sewage plant produces? I may be wrong, but you used to be able to get the cleaned up end product of all our waste from the city.
21 September 2009
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lawrenceguy40 (Anonymous) says…
At least you have the choice to buy or not to buy. Most of the manure that comes out of city hall we have no choice about taking…..
21 September 2009
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GardenMomma (Anonymous) says…
Oh, maybe that's what she's getting. Whatever it is, it sure does smell awful. I thought it was compost, but it may be the “mulch” that she's getting.
21 September 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
Of course, one could easily make one's own compost.
Government now has to make compost?
21 September 2009
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ksjayhawk74 (Anonymous) says…
What? No picture?
22 September 2009
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mr_right_wing (Anonymous) says…
Thanks Libs! A source of 'compost'; and here I thought you guys were good for nothing! From obama down, I thank you all for the endless supply!
22 September 2009
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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Blessed4x (Anonymous) says…
“Too easy. To comment on this headline would be like shooting fish in a barrel.”
Luckily, I'm not opposed to an occasional wounded fish:
If the political idiology expressed in these message boards by the fine liberal Larryvillers is any indication, Lawrence residents have been buying manure for a very long time.
22 September 2009
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overthemoon (Anonymous) says…
be wary of this stuff. stupid people put contaminated (i.e. chemical laden) in their yard waste pickup bags/piles and you can end up killing all of your plants.
as for those who try to politicize even garden compost, let's try to get to a higher level of debate, ok?
22 September 2009
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WereAllMonkeys (Anonymous) says…
Overthemoon, I have to agree, a few years ago our family got some for our Mom, and it destroyed her garden with a weed, I think it is called arrowroot. It pervasive fast growing strangler weed that killed off almost all of her flowers.
25 September 2009
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connected (Anonymous) says…
Compost I got out there smells strongly like petroleum products even 2 years later now. Also has a lot of undesirable things in it such as pieces of glass & plastic, aluminum foil, miscellaneous wrappers, etc.
Supposed to be safe to grow vegetables in but I have serious doubts. Garbage in, garbage out, as the saying goes. It's a shame.
25 September 2009
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smitty (Anonymous) says…
Keith and others, as far as 24/7 free compost…all you need do is go to the bio solid area any time night or day. There is a large supply kept outside of the locked gates for anyone to take.
25 September 2009
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bondmen (Anonymous) says…
I ordered mine and will have it delivered this year to the football and basketball programs as a reminder and a lesson about the bottom line when boys act out the words with which they've filled their minds.