Home, January 21st
Yesterday, seeking some much needed time away from the screen, I joined Dr Zoop in the garden where he was clearing the remains of autumn away and took a peek in the compost heap. We’ve been added kitchen stuff to it for about a year now and I wasn’t overly convinced much was happening. However, on digging down worms were revealed. Hundreds of them! And then under them the loveliest loamy compost you ever did see! There’s not a massive amount of it and I suspect it could just be all the tea bags we get through (at a rough guess about 100 a week) but even so. Progress!
In other news I haven’t been doing much other than hack away at the Created in Birmingham blog which is picking up steam nicely. I didn’t really think how much spinning my Birmingham stuff off to that and Brum Blog would leave this blog so empty. Maybe it’s time to re-integrate the linklog? What do you think?
My compost has loads of worms in :) About 2 years ago it had a Bee nest under it. Last year it was too dry and the Ants took over. Now I seem to have hit the right amount of moisture and its full of Worms.
Do you throw the teabags in as they are of rip them open and just throw in the tea leaves?
I wonder if the warm winter has had something to do with it. Also our heap is situated in a shady damp part of the garden which probably makes a difference. It’s not warm (which can be an issue if you want quick compost) but it’s certainly not dry.
I just throw the teabags in as they are. I figure if shredded newspaper and egg cartons are okay then the teabags will rot down just fine. And they do!
And before anyone asks, I’m not urinating on this one, ‘kay?
Awesome display of compost. Well done.
And I agree, no need to open the teabags. I probably drink as much coffee as you drink tea and I just toss the used grinds in my bins along with the coffee filters. It all decomposes eventually.