Composting bad for the environment?
Last post 10-03-2009 9:24 PM by Digger. 32 replies.
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03/03/2009 11:43 AM
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- lisar
- kent
- 02 Mar 2009
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Okay thanks I'll phone the allotment manager today. My mothers thinking was that it was previously an apple orchard the apples had fallen off the trees over the years and fermented in the ground producing alcohol fumes? laughable but maybe plausible??
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03/03/2009 12:27 PM
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Here is my theory - in flaming the vegtation you have set fire to the old tree roots and other organic matter in the soil. They have been burning underground producing, in the absence of sufficient oxygen, combustable gases that when you dig, burst into flame with the influx of oxygen and the presence of smouldering embers. If you live in a district where dry peat, old municipal rubbish tips or coal are found near the surface these fires might burn for thousands of years, so that your crops will grow well all winter and you will dig roast parsnips and potatoes without the hassle of taking them into the kitchen, although your wellies might melt from time to time.
On second thoughts this is complete nonsense and I would question whether you have seen flames at all.
Boggy
Beware the bat-eared bogweevil
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10/03/2009 09:24 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Human corpses produce flammable gas when they decay, perhaps you have some dead bodies under your plot? or maybe you've discovered a large quantity of natural gas/ or propane stuff?. If you are near any old mine workings it could be gas from the coal pit etc? this has happened before with coal pits. If it was your land entirely you could've been able to have the mineral extraction rights and made some decent money but if it's gas it will belong to the landowner, and you may get kicked off your plot so that the owners can install a massive industrial extraction facility? then again if you keep quiet you can have some very handy hot beds.
digger 
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