Huh? I fail to see a logical thread in that question.
Brush and debris pile burning in cold weather?
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I have a pretty good idea of what they put into it. What many do not know is that plants do not consume organic fertilizer; the only take up inorganic compounds. However, organic fertilizer breaks down into inorganic compounds, or is digested by worms and fungi, which release inorganic compounds. That is why hydroponics works; plants in a hydroponic farm do not get any organic matter in their "soil". But I think economics favors farming with organic fertilizer. After all, what else would you do with manure? (Yes, I know some set up biogas facilities on large dairy farms. But most farms do not have enough cattle in one place to make that economically viable.)
I really don't have anything to add to that. I have no specific knowledge of histoplasmosis or how it is contracted.
Hugely respect this answer. Many are incapable of saying such a thing.
Histoplasmosis comes from chicken manure that has gotten wet and moldy and when you move it as in cleaning a hen house, the crap releases the histo spores that you breathe in and then you contract the disease. Some people aren't impacted at all. Some people are and some people die from it. In my case it was a mild thing but once you have it, you always have it.
Why there will never be any chickens on this farm. Like I said, I like to eat chicken but it has to come from the grocery store, already butchered and packaged for consumption.
Candidly, I don't particularly like birds in general but I do have bird feeders in the yard because every living creature has to eat and up here during the winter, wild birds have a hard way to go. the one thing I really don't like about them is the fact they like to poop on my car...lol
Why there will never be any chickens on this farm. Like I said, I like to eat chicken but it has to come from the grocery store, already butchered and packaged for consumption.
Candidly, I don't particularly like birds in general but I do have bird feeders in the yard because every living creature has to eat and up here during the winter, wild birds have a hard way to go. the one thing I really don't like about them is the fact they like to poop on my car...lol
Bill G
ArboristSite King
It is a simple question. You falsely claim diesel smoke is not burnt oil
What is tire smoke then?
Bill G
ArboristSite King
Never claimed to have a lot of experience, reading comprehension is too hard for you huh?
I said I know about it, not that I'm a farmer
Bill G
ArboristSite King
Bill G
ArboristSite King
Hello,
Did you get it done before Friday when your burn ban started? We only have those here periodically when there is excessive dryness. Most folks use common sense and it is not an issue. Of course being on the highest point in the county on top the Mississippi Bluff our winds kick up quite often. This entire next 5 days will not be conducive to burning in most areas. I would not hesitate to burn in the lower areas here
There has been a few inexperienced folks posting here about the negative use of oil and tires. They of course have their misinformed opinions but those of us who have spent many decades burning brush and dozer piles know how to get the job done correctly and efficiently. You said originally you had a hoe. I understand you dug a hole and put the brush it it but that is an issue to get a draw. Does your hoe have a thumb? If it does the best thing is to pull the pieces out. If not then dig a connecting hole to the prevalent side of your normal air flow. In general at this time of the year dig on the NE side as your wind will come from the SW. Take you hoe and crush the heck out of the existing pile. It has been long enough they should snap easily. Then no matter what teh naysayers here say get you a bale of clean dry straw and soak it with used motor oil.....NOT GAS. I would then add a used tire on top but if you are afraid of the few minutes of smoke the straw bale will suffice. Get it going and start adding small pieces of the brush to the satw bale/tire. The smaller the better. Be damn careful though to have an escape route from the hole as that can be very dangerous. It will burn easily and you can either use the hoe to shift the remaining brush over or slowly do it manually being careful not to get too much and be put in harms way.
If your hoe has a thumb then NEVER get in the hole
Why you would ever dig a pit to have a fire is beyond me (unless roasting food in a pit), let alone having a single fire that you haul to......
We burn around buildings/homes all the time during burn-season, so that's got nothing to do with it.
We burn around buildings/homes all the time during burn-season, so that's got nothing to do with it.
Bill G
ArboristSite King
I agree a pit is not needed.
Of your list, 3 of those items are not legal in Washington State. I have done 1 of those 3 things. I would never suggest anyone else do any of them if I was trying to be helpful.
I had typed and deleted my response twice before I posted it. Not because I believe I was incorrect in my statement, but because of the reaction I expected I would get. Having read through the way the thread took off after that, I suspect it would have been better to have deleted it. Mostly because people with a need for help will read this and decide anyone(everyone) that has posted is a numbskull, and their opinion has no value. And by that, my actions have devalued the site. A virtual "nosepinching" as it were. Phew
Joseph Acquisto
ArboristSite Operative
No. The ban, at this point anyway, will end in April, so I may have all summer to give it another try. If we hit a dry spell, who knows. What gets me it is a State Wide ban due to "dry winter" is some parts of the State, but her it's been wet as can be. Oh well.
Joseph Acquisto
ArboristSite Operative
I did not read far enough. I dug a "pit" about a foot or less deep, on the advice of the "pro" that took down 3 huge white pine between my house and the power lines. Like 20 ft from the house and with a lean. I did not feel confident enough to do it myself.
He had chipped up everything from that job and I had called him back to quote me on chipping up residue from the 4 other pines I dropped myself. He begged off and advised that I just burn it all, suggesting a small pit rimmed with rocks. Got lots of those. He also suggested the leaf blower approach to speed things up.
I see your point about it hindering air flow, and thought that myself a while back. Mechanical thumb, but I guess I can pull it all out, if need be. Was thinking of doing that anyway to put a mess of "I don't really want that in the house" firewood in the hole as "kindling" for next time.
Smoke is only a problem as there is a pet parrot in the house and they are pretty sensitive to toxins. While I can keep things buttoned up, not gonna take the chance I think.
Don't know what you mean there.
Go back to page 1 and read my post and you will have no problem burning a pile of brush. As a certified prescribe burn manager for 35 years or so, starting fires and burning brush piles, windrows, and prescribe burns was my business.
Bill G
ArboristSite King
I have done all 4 of them.
