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Sanity Claws

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12. How big is your mulch pile?

Reply to LiberalLoner (Original post)

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:47 AM

Mar 2021

I know that compost gets hot and you should never have compost piles higher than 6 feet.
I can't imagine your mulch pile being more than a couple of inches.

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Our mulch keeps trying to kill us. [View all] LiberalLoner Mar 2021 OP

I remember my family talking about barns going up if they cut and stored the hay too green. AleksS Mar 2021 #1

tobacco barns will self implode. yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #14

Thank you, I didn't think the mulch was deep enough to be a problem, but I was wrong... LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #2

That reminds me of when part of a tree split off nitpicker Mar 2021 #3

I just had no idea. Feeling very stupid. LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #4

Decomposing organic matter generates heat Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #5

Wow I had no idea! LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #6

Thanks for the reminder. When I worked on a dairy many years ago I learned just why no abqtommy Mar 2021 #7

👍😬 LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #8

Update...found out what the problem was...our bay windows... LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #9

Did you know that mulch spits black spots on your house? Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #10

Oh no!!!! LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #15

Clearly you didn't see the thread on the origin of the word malaise Mar 2021 #11

How big is your mulch pile? Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #12

It was only a couple inches deep but our bay windows were acting as a magnifying glass LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #16

turning the pile every so often helps keep it cooled down. yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #13

We had a good soaking rain today, should be okay until Saturday when the crew comes to LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #17

That made me laugh. Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #18

LOL at this point I don't trust any dang thing! LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #19