Bobert, maybe you should try torching the violets? Is there something you can rent at the local Home Depot that can be modified into a flame thrower? :) I feel the same about nutgrass, but if I didn't compost anything with nutgrass nuts, I'd never compost! I love robomatic's system--that sounds very similar to the one demonstrated that I tried to describe. I forgot about the grass clippings--a neighbor bags his grass about every third time he mows--and a couple of us are out there as happy as the grackles looking for bugs when the mower runs, waiting for the bags to turn up so we can grab them and throw them on the compost.

SRS