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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 10:51 PM
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Batteries and empty spray-cans are okay to compost, right?
If not, I'm going to have some very weird crops next season.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 10:54 PM
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1. They'll throw off the green-brown balance.
Add shredded tires to correct it.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:02 PM
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3. I have about five hundred pounds of styrofoam peanuts--will they work?
Because they're just filling up the basement at this point.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:07 PM
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5. Compost happens. n/t
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 09:37 AM
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23. Peanuts are great for
retaining battery acid.
Sort of like vermiculite does for water.

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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 10:55 PM
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2. I hope thats true...
I have an awful lot of used up batteries that I need to do something with..:evilgrin:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:03 PM
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4. If they're car batteries, just throw them in your neighbor's pool
That's what I do, at least.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:07 PM
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6. batteries and empty spray cans
are to be thrown in a fire. Trust me.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:15 PM
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7. Should I pry them open first?
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:17 PM
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8. No
Edited on Sat Feb-07-09 11:17 PM by Pierre.Suave
that will release all the toxins directly into your face, you don't want that, let the fire get them instead. Everyone knows that fire makes everything non-toxic and friendly.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:18 PM
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9. As long as you use the correct 50/50 ratio of used motor oil,
it'll be fine. :)
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:19 PM
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10. um
I'm going to hope this is a joke thread.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:21 PM
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13. ...
:rofl:

Do you need to ask?
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:28 AM
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18. I get uneasy about these things.
I live in a town where people are still learning about the novel idea of recycling.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:27 PM
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16. Eco-friendly gardening is nothing to joke about
What the hell's your problem?
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:20 PM
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11. They will break down... eventually.
Everything does.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:20 PM
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12. They're fine for the compost, yes
For the burn pile, you better check yourself...
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:21 PM
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14. those are also excellent things to put into the microwave and heat up for about 5 minutes.
it's fun for the whole family, you know what else is fun, watching someone overfill a turkey fryer and drop an un thawed turkey in, bonus if it's on a wooden deck.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:30 PM
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17. HAHA
Hilarity galore at your house...
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 11:26 PM
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15. It's better to burn them in your fireplace
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:31 AM
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19. Just make sure you top it off with mercury and used motor oil.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:46 AM
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20. Only if the batteries are completely discharged
Otherwise, the electrical fluid leaks out into the soil. The earthworms evolve into electric eels, and that can be dangerous...
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 09:39 AM
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24. If you add dayglo spray paint cans
The worms look really trippy at night with a blacklight.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:17 AM
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21. sure ,,,
You are trying to grow Robots, right?
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:24 AM
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22. Eventually...
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 09:44 AM
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25. Man I hope that was a joke.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 09:45 AM
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26. Yes. It's better if you throw a lit match in there too.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 10:59 AM
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27. I smell a SciFi Original movie!
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 11:08 AM
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28. Oh that's fine. I did the same thing about a year ago.
Edited on Sun Feb-08-09 11:10 AM by EastTennesseeDem
Here's a picture of my lawn now.
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