> I didn't mean to discourage , anybody to make
> compost .

I'm glad. We need to do much more of it.

> I think it is a
> great thing that the habit of recycling our garbages
> is spreading. I just
> don't see it at a solution to our problem ( meaning
> the impoverishment of
> our environments in quantity and quality) It is a
> band aid to limit the
> waste of fertility created by tilling and exposing
> the top soil to the
> elements when removing the material to be composted.

I disagree. It is much more than a band-aid. It is
part of the natural order of things. A "wild" animal
occupies a particlular eco-niche and takes from the
land what it needs to survive. At the same time it
"composts" what it took and leaves spoor which
replenishes the land. Eventually, it gives everything
back to the land as it becomes compost itself.
Continuous interaction with the land, both taking and
returning, is how it is supposed to work.

> In nature composting is done on the surface in such
> a way that nutrients are
> release evenly overtime., and the earth is allways
> covered.,

Any experienced gardener will tell you that, if
anything, nutrients are released UN-evenly over time.
Every eco-niche has its own personality. If you wander
around long enough in the woods you will find areas
with inches or even feet of topsoil, and other areas
with a bare dusting of topsoil.

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