Comments on: Composting again

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:09:54 +0000

Still waiting for mine, but you can’t complain at £5 inc delivery.

Know what you mean about helpful people. You can’t complain but I’ve found pasta in the compost bucket which just isn’t going to work and often have to remove fruit juice and milk cartons from the recycling bin. Still, it’s the thought that counts

By: Rog.

Rog. — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:15:36 +0000

My �5-from-the-council bin arrived. I chose the small one and thank god I did – it’s huge. Transferred the contents of the old one and it barely covered the bottom of this behemoth. The only downside was discovering that my helpful father-in-law had dumped some fir tree cuttings in there at some stage over the summer, and with all the resin, they’ll take years to rot down. Picking them out from the rest of the nicely rotted stuff wasn’t really an option working with no gloves at -2 degrees. The lesson is, don’t let anyone mess with your compost.

By: Jez

Jez — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:18:21 +0000

How’s it progressing? Have you started urinating in the garden again?

By: Gimpy Mumpy

Gimpy Mumpy — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:25:11 +0000

We recently built a large compost bin using old wooden pallets (not chemically treated). I has been working well, however I do have one word of warning.
Don’t dump sugar into your compost! Well not unless you wish to compete with bees and wasps for access to your compost bin. I made this mistake when ants had found their way into the house and into a bag of sugar. Not wanting to toss it in the trashcan I dumped it into the compost outside and had to avoid the bin for weeks due to white-tailed wasps who took over my bin.

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:20:34 +0000

I’m assuming that when it comes to harvest the compost I’ll just peel off the rotting cardboard. Plus it being on the edge should mean it doesn’t rot too much. The main thing is to hold it together and keep it warm.

Ah, I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, but it’s fun!

By: Rog.

Rog. — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:15:15 +0000

What happens when the cardboard rots? Will the contents have mushed down into one lump by then so that it holds together by itself anyway?
I’ve got one of those �5-from-the-council composters on the way – ugly as sin, but better than the old cold water tank with some holes in that I’m currently using.