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kayquilz · 10-08-2015, 05:18 PM

Paul smiled at Zeke. “Nooooo problem m’boy!” he waltzed to the front of the room near his own crate. Soil was ready, and it looked like most people were ready to...move on. HE was certainly ready to move on. He moved to glance over Angel's shoulder at her soil..."It looks FINE my dear--just fine--" Yep Good.

Okay. So. “It is time to decide..what you would like to use in your compost. I am requiring that you all have...certain things in each of yours, for the sake of creating a complex compost. You all need at least ONE manure….ONE dry material...and ONE moist material. The bins are labeled according. You can have up to FIVE materials in your compost...any more than that, and you will pump TOO much into the soil, and it will kill whatever plant tries to thrive in it.” He paused and looked around...anyone had any questions?

“Now...before we put any of the...fun stuff into our compost...we have to put either STRAW or TWIGS on top of the soil. This will help the drainage...and it will also help aerate your compost. Once you’ve done that, we can move onto the FUN THINGS LIKE--MANURE!” He cried. “So go on, pick either twigs or straw!” Paul himself chose to do some straw, and just went to the appropriate bin, grabbed a handful of straw, and dropped it into his crate.

“Here is the deal about manure. Different manures...can have different properties. Chicken manure is VERY high in the nutrients department---SO if you decide to use that one, you might want to make sure you don’t add too much. Chicken manure cannot be added to a garden, either, without being composted. It will most definitely kill the plants.” Deep breath. So much info. Paul didn’t want to LOSE THEM! “I also have cow manure, which is very low in nutrients, but it is pretty universal to most plants. You can put a good deal of cow manure into a compost and it will serve the plant well. For the magical animal manure options...I do have Abraxan manure, which is good mostly for shrubs and whatnot--very high in the nitrogen department there as well. I also have put some knarl manure!” KNARL MANURE! Paul liked the way this sounded. Knarl Manure. All that consonance. “Knarl manure has a good composition for flowers and fruits...so you should be keeping all of this in mind while you are making your compost, all right?” he smiled a little.

“Now...I want you all the gather the materials you are going to use in the little buckets--” There rows of buckets in the back of the room. “One bucket per material--” DEEP BREATH. “So if you want to use five materials...five different buckets. You cannot just...mix all of them together all WILLY NILLY. There is a very PRECISE way to do this--and I am going to walk us through it. So go off--pick your materials! Make sure you are wearing gloves! I know some of us are not too keen on touching the manure--but seriously, people! We all poop!”

And that was Paul’s encouraging words.

SPOILER!!: The Available Manures

SPOILER!!: The Available “Moist” Materials

SPOILER!!: The Available Dry Materials

“Chop chop, everyone!”

OOC: OKAY I know this is a LOT of information, I’m sorry guys! Basically, for this part of the class, the students need to pick the different materials they will use for their compost. They need at least three, one dry, one moist, and one manure. They can have up to FIVE materials, though. They also need to make sure they out the straw/twigs into the crate before they gather the other materials. We are NOT adding the materials to the compost yet, just...gathering them. I would like either a very detailed ONE post or two/three little ones, if you prefer, for this activity. If anything is unclear, please PM me! I know this ….somewhat detailed.

I will be moving on in...around 24 hours!

10-08-2015, 05:18 PM	#127 (permalink)
kayquilz Granian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 21,185 Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman Gellar Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arden Toros Gryffindor Sixth Year x4 x1	A Poop * k8 * Paul smiled at Zeke. “Nooooo problem m’boy!” he waltzed to the front of the room near his own crate. Soil was ready, and it looked like most people were ready to...move on. HE was certainly ready to move on. He moved to glance over Angel's shoulder at her soil..."It looks FINE my dear--just fine--" Yep Good. Okay. So. “It is time to decide..what you would like to use in your compost. I am requiring that you all have...certain things in each of yours, for the sake of creating a complex compost. You all need at least ONE manure….ONE dry material...and ONE moist material. The bins are labeled according. You can have up to FIVE materials in your compost...any more than that, and you will pump TOO much into the soil, and it will kill whatever plant tries to thrive in it.” He paused and looked around...anyone had any questions? “Now...before we put any of the...fun stuff into our compost...we have to put either STRAW or TWIGS on top of the soil. This will help the drainage...and it will also help aerate your compost. Once you’ve done that, we can move onto the FUN THINGS LIKE--MANURE!” He cried. “So go on, pick either twigs or straw!” Paul himself chose to do some straw, and just went to the appropriate bin, grabbed a handful of straw, and dropped it into his crate. “Here is the deal about manure. Different manures...can have different properties. Chicken manure is VERY high in the nutrients department---SO if you decide to use that one, you might want to make sure you don’t add too much. Chicken manure cannot be added to a garden, either, without being composted. It will most definitely kill the plants.” Deep breath. So much info. Paul didn’t want to LOSE THEM! “I also have cow manure, which is very low in nutrients, but it is pretty universal to most plants. You can put a good deal of cow manure into a compost and it will serve the plant well. For the magical animal manure options...I do have Abraxan manure, which is good mostly for shrubs and whatnot--very high in the nitrogen department there as well. I also have put some knarl manure!” KNARL MANURE! Paul liked the way this sounded. Knarl Manure. All that consonance. “Knarl manure has a good composition for flowers and fruits...so you should be keeping all of this in mind while you are making your compost, all right?” he smiled a little. “Now...I want you all the gather the materials you are going to use in the little buckets--” There rows of buckets in the back of the room. “One bucket per material--” DEEP BREATH. “So if you want to use five materials...five different buckets. You cannot just...mix all of them together all WILLY NILLY. There is a very PRECISE way to do this--and I am going to walk us through it. So go off--pick your materials! Make sure you are wearing gloves! I know some of us are not too keen on touching the manure--but seriously, people! We all poop!” And that was Paul’s encouraging words. SPOILER!!: The Available Manures Chicken Cow Knarl Abraxan SPOILER!!: The Available “Moist” Materials Apple cores Orange peels Orange pulps Corn Cobs Old Bread Moldy Cake Melon Rinds Potato peels SPOILER!!: The Available Dry Materials Dead flowers Tea bags Leaves Grass clippings Carboard Pine needles Wood ash Shredded paper Coffee grounds “Chop chop, everyone!” OOC: OKAY I know this is a LOT of information, I’m sorry guys! Basically, for this part of the class, the students need to pick the different materials they will use for their compost. They need at least three, one dry, one moist, and one manure. They can have up to FIVE materials, though. They also need to make sure they out the straw/twigs into the crate before they gather the other materials. We are NOT adding the materials to the compost yet, just...gathering them. I would like either a very detailed ONE post or two/three little ones, if you prefer, for this activity. If anything is unclear, please PM me! I know this ….somewhat detailed. I will be moving on in...around 24 hours! __________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough." Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin Last edited by kayquilz; 10-08-2015 at 06:02 PM.