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  • The implications of this new "aesthetic" value for the heap's meaning, or lack thereof, can make for some wonderful discussion, especially in light of Pierre's angry comment that, "If that pile of garbage meant anything at all, it stopped the day you sold it for money."

    Review of Nothing by Janne Teller 2010

  • Otherwise, if it can find an existing hole in the local heap's free-space index, it uses that.

    Snell-Pym » Memory management 2009

  • It is clear that posting on this hopeless fat heap's blog is merely validating his life - he hasn't had this much attention EVER!

    Go! Now! Start! Dave Hingsburger 2007

  • The compost process generally works best when the heap's starting

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • It supplies large numbers of the most useful types of microorganisms so they dominate the heap's ecology before other less desirable types can establish significant populations.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • _ C/N is the most important single aspect that controls both the heap's ability to heat up and the quality of the compost that results.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • In some cases, seed meals might be cheaper and better able to drop the heap's carbon-to-nitrogen ratio even more than manure.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • However, even if you have unlimited material there is still a limit to the heap's size and that limiting factor is air supply.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • Fresh manure is very valuable, but if you obtain some that has been has been heaped up and permitted to heat up, much of its nitrogen may already have dissipated as ammonia while the valuable digestive enzymes will have been destroyed by the high temperatures at the heap's core.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • This process must be repeated four or five times, care being required never to let the heap dry out and burn; time for re-stacking being indicated by the heap's steaming.

    Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use 1930

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