SP>  climate. I think it's about 4 foot square. Moreover, it has to be
I think I've *always* made 4' square piles, probably because I
was obtaining 4' scrap timber. The piles in Adelaide (South
Australia, not the one near you) probably had chicken manure
and/or cow manure in them somewhere. I used to collect trailer-
oads (6'x4') of almond-husks and the like from local farmers and
operators.
SP>  on Permaculture, by Bill Mollison. It's heavy wading, but I've picked
If it is manure, use hip-waders (grin!).
I just got three more books from Daedulus, one on digital DNA,
one on the Periodic table, and one on Nature's numbers. Very easy
reading of complex topics. Here's a gem from the digital DNA
book with which you can suprise your friends:
            Q: What do you and I have in common?
            A: Not *one* of our ancestors died in infancy!
FWIW I share that in common with all the butterflies in South
America, and all the Antarctic whales. Not to mention the entire 
BIoMass on this planet.
Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com    www.interlog.com/~cgreaves
 * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake!
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