{"id":1714,"date":"2012-08-22T01:21:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T01:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2012-08-22T01:21:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T01:21:40","slug":"farm-focus-the-twig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/farm-focus-the-twig\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Focus: The Twig"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\nTHE TWIG\nBy Master Composter Russel Levari\n\nThere once was a story a story so big; but it all began with just one little twig.\nA twig indeed is a fine thing while live; but after it\u2019s dead it\u2019s still alive that\u2019s no jive.\n\nYou see that twig will go into a trash can or two; and then into the landfill boo hoo hoo hoo.\nBut must it really end up in a ditch, buried and useless is this not a glitch-\u2019\n\nThe twig must be Freed from this terrible fate\nBut how could we free it, so went the debate.\n\nFret not my fair friends there\u2019s a simple solution\nIt helps out the twig and helps limit pollution\n\nRecycling\u2019s the key and the twig will help most\nIf instead of landfilling it\u2019s turned to compost!!!\n\nThe twig is a brown or carbon type matter\nWhereas grass is a green or nitrogen adder\n\nYou mix up the two both browns and greens\nIn one of many of your magical mixing recycling machines\n\nHalf is from green and half is from brown\nif you must you can gather from friends all over town\n\nMix it together and keep it near wet\nDry compost is slow and that\u2019s a sure bet\n\nNow to keep you out of certain composting trouble\nTo speed up your compost time by nearly double\n\nKeep the pile moist and it will heat up real hot\nWhen it starts to cool down stir it up; the whole lot\n\nMix at least two times over the next two weeks\nChecking up daily by taking some peeks\n\nWatch as the matter breaks down and decays\nIt begins to happen in a matter of days\n\nThe twig now decayed microorganisms at work\nYou think this a fluke a ridiculous quirk\n\nNo this is the cycle of recycling a twig\nAny organic matter will do it yes even a fig\n\nSo try this at home keep the landfills less full\nIt\u2019s easy to do as we\u2019ve shown that\u2019s no bull\n\nAnd when you\u2019re all done and your twig is compost\nOh this part you\u2019ll like the most very most\n\nPut out your compost right in to your soil\nYour plants will grow strong without having to toil\n\nYour trees will grow strong and grow toward the sky\nAnd a new twig will grow do you now see why\n\nThe plants are all happy compost saving the day\nYour twigs gone full circle, that\u2019s all we came to say","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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