Plumbing

[douglas]

I came home yesterday to find out the kitchen sink was clogged from old shrimp and potato peals We have a garbage disposal but sometimes that doesn't always break everything down. They forgot to put in a clean out "T" in the basement under the sink so now I have to go out this morning to find one and put it in. Good thing it is PVC pipe and all I need to do is cut it to splice it in. Warning to anyone using a garbage disposal, don't take it for granted that anything can go down there thinking it will be alright.

[Pharmer Phil]

whatya doin putting tator peels in da sink Bro...compost em.
No, I never had a garbage disposal, and don't want one either, always doing plumbing repair with em, most, or some I say work well, some leave stuff rather large and some, well gets ya in a pickle...dats a shame that they didn't install a clean out in your new home I can see that with somebody retrofittin one in.

[douglas]

Got it all cleaned out and had a built up inside the pipe. I pulled it down and ran hot water through it and put it back together. I boiled hot water on the stove and ran it through the line and she goes down with no problem it was da wife who put da pealings down the drain

[abirdseyeview]

Phil said: "No, I never had a garbage disposal..."

Well, we have one and they work great. Much of what me and our brood don't consume goes to the chickens. What they don't consume goes into the compost heap. In return the chickens give us egg shells which go into the garden along with the compost and the manure. And all works without electricity and without costly plumbing bills.

[douglas]

I have four of em made out of flesh and blood called teens

[abirdseyeview]

"I have four of em made out of flesh and blood called teens"

I'm with ya there bud. In fact, sometimes the chickens complain that the kids are eating too much. Not leaving any scraps for em'

[douglas]

I just hope "21" hills of taters will last a while wit dem kiddies, I love taters

[Compost Pharmer]

WHAT!!!! Putting tator peelings down the drain or even in the compost pile is a BIG NO NO. The peelings are where all the vitamins and minerals are located. The peelings are what you eat, not what you throw away. The middle is just filler to help the tator keep its shape.
Growing up my Mother used to peel the tators and throw away the peelings as well. Now that I know more about the peelings, they are the first to get eaten. Just make sure to wash them good to get all the dirt off them.

[Pharmer Phil]

Apr 19, 2008 19:20:57 GMT -6 Compost Pharmer said:

WHAT!!!! Putting tator peelings down the drain or even in the compost pile is a BIG NO NO. The peelings are where all the vitamins and minerals are located. The peelings are what you eat, not what you throw away. The middle is just filler to help the tator keep its shape.
Growing up my Mother used to peel the tators and throw away the peelings as well. Now that I know more about the peelings, they are the first to get eaten. Just make sure to wash them good to get all the dirt off them.

Bro, Of course we eat tator peelins...
From OUR Homegrown Potatoes...
But NOT the store bought ones, which most people consume.
typical home gardeners raise a few tators, but not enough to sustain them season long.

I will start a thread in the approppriate area on Commercially Grown Potatoes.
Here go Bro, I started a thread Potatoes

Douglas, we started 192 hills I hope we have enuff