{"id":1971,"date":"2012-01-25T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2012-01-25T12:07:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:07:05","slug":"q-and-a-compost-freezing-tattler-lids-and-dirty-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/01\/25\/q-and-a-compost-freezing-tattler-lids-and-dirty-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Compost freezing, Tattler lids, and dirty windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Compost freezing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We are in Colorado near the mountains. We have many bags of excess compost\/steer manure from when we purchased and had trees planted this summer. If we leave the bags outside (where it freezes), will that affect the compost \u2013 killing off any live organisms? The next planting projects won&#8217;t start until late Spring again where we can get the compost in the ground to do its magic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cristine<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Freezing will not affect the compost. It will be just as good as it was in the fall, before freezing. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tattler lids<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I have a question about the Tattler lids. I have an unusually high number of lid failures. I am following the directions on the box to slightly loosen the lid before canning and then to tighten it after processing. I bought hundreds of these lids and would like to use them more. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dana Stine<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Singer, Louisiana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love my Tattlers. And I haven&#8217;t found I had any more failures with them than I do with single use lids. Two thoughts: maybe you&#8217;re either loosening the lids too much (or not enough) before processing or not tightening the rings soon enough after processing? I&#8217;d suggest calling the Tattler people; they&#8217;re very nice and helpful. You get instant one-on-one conversation to resolve your problem. They want you to succeed just as much as I do! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dirty windows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I heat with wood. Now the windows are covered with a dirty film. I tried the fancy store cleaners; vinegar, ammonia, and finally lye soap. Now they are worse than ever. Come spring I will try again. Do you have any suggestions for cleaning or any fail proof recipes for cleaner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Shirley Adkins<\/em><br \/>\n<em>McArthur, Ohio<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I wash my windows first with dish soap\/hot water, then use vinegar and crumpled up newspapers as a &#8220;finish.&#8221; They come out clean and streak-free. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compost freezing We are in Colorado near the mountains. We have many bags of excess compost\/steer manure from when we purchased and had trees planted this summer. If we leave the bags outside (where it freezes), will that affect the compost \u2013 killing off any live organisms? The next planting projects won&#8217;t start until late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}