A dilema struck me this morning while making breakfast, the answer to which may well solve the riddle of the entire universe. And if you can help to solve it, we can say it was first discovered on BF2S.com.
The dilema arose because I have recently begun composting my vegetable waste and the bread I was toasting highlighted a possible conundrum.
Don't lose faith, read on...
You see, composting happens faster if more worms can eat through the compost...
Worms however are eaten by local birds...
and local birds also eat bread...
I need help deciding which of the following 3 postulates is likely to be most accurate and I'm quite sure that the greatest of life's questions will also be answered in doing so. It simply must:
Posulate A
Throwing the crusts of my bread onto my lawn will attract local birds,
The concentration of local birds will increase in my back garden,
The increase in birds will cause an increase in the number of worms eaten,
Less worms in my garden will result in slow decomposition of compostable materials,
I.e. Throwing out bread = Worse compost!
Postulate B
Throwing the crusts of my bread onto my lawn will attract local birds,
The local birds will eat the bread instead of eating the worms in the garden,
The concentration of worms will increase in my back garden,
An increase in worms will result in faster decompostion of compostable materials,
I.e. Throwing out bread = Better compost!
Postulate C
Regardless of whether or not I throw out bread, the Bird:Worm ratio will remain constant since nature always creates a balance with its environment,
I.e. Throwing out bread = No change in compost
I.e. Not throwing out bread = No change in compost
I submit my theories to you for critical review...
Yes, I am very, very bored!
The dilema arose because I have recently begun composting my vegetable waste and the bread I was toasting highlighted a possible conundrum.
Don't lose faith, read on...
You see, composting happens faster if more worms can eat through the compost...
Worms however are eaten by local birds...
and local birds also eat bread...
I need help deciding which of the following 3 postulates is likely to be most accurate and I'm quite sure that the greatest of life's questions will also be answered in doing so. It simply must:
Posulate A
Throwing the crusts of my bread onto my lawn will attract local birds,
The concentration of local birds will increase in my back garden,
The increase in birds will cause an increase in the number of worms eaten,
Less worms in my garden will result in slow decomposition of compostable materials,
I.e. Throwing out bread = Worse compost!
Postulate B
Throwing the crusts of my bread onto my lawn will attract local birds,
The local birds will eat the bread instead of eating the worms in the garden,
The concentration of worms will increase in my back garden,
An increase in worms will result in faster decompostion of compostable materials,
I.e. Throwing out bread = Better compost!
Postulate C
Regardless of whether or not I throw out bread, the Bird:Worm ratio will remain constant since nature always creates a balance with its environment,
I.e. Throwing out bread = No change in compost
I.e. Not throwing out bread = No change in compost
I submit my theories to you for critical review...
Yes, I am very, very bored!