Composting

toozie_2

Our local authority are giving way large compost bins, mine's arriving in 2 weeks, and I need some help about what I can and can't put in it, please?

I know about the obvious, weeds, grass cuttings etc. Then all veggie peelings, tea bags, egg shells and apple cores etc. After that I'm unsure what else.

You have to try and layer stuff too, don't you? That could be a pain in neck, when cutting the grass, and putting a huge pile of cuttings in at once??

Thankx

comping_cat

You can also put egg boxes in, and grass cuttings, but be careful not to overfill it with the grass cuttings or the compost wont be as good. Dont put cooked food, meat or dairy in it. Also you must not put weeds in. When you get your bin, it will come with a booklet stating what you can and cant put in, ive also got a fridge magnet!!! When im in the garden, and dig up worms, i often put them in as well, as they help the process along. HTH.

Debt_Free_Chick

Everything you need to know here from garden organic

Noozan

There's several composting threads in the indexed collection here:


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=556220&postcount=4

(about a third of the way down the page)

D&DD

If you have any fruit bushes (currants etc) they love a mulch of grass clippings and it helps use some of them up Layer them in with other stuff rather than putting them in your bin in a big clump.We get free garden waste bags here,only 3 a year mind but I keep my clippings in one and layer as I get other stuff,peelings etc.Apparently you can wee into it which helps it degrade quicker but as I live next to a main road with a see through fence OH has never tried this :rotfl:

arkonite_babe

D&DD wrote:

Apparently you can wee into it which helps it degrade quicker but as I live next to a main road with a see through fence OH has never tried this :rotfl:

Use a milk container as a transfer vessle Less obvious!

toozie_2

Can't see OH weeing in the bin! have a 2 year old neice being potty trained, so i could use the contents of potty now and again!


We do have currant bushes, so'll get rid of some cutting that way first, thanks.

nightsong

We got a composting bin cheaply in the summer. It's now full of slime and flies

squeaky

They both compost over time

But seriously, have a browse of the links in the earlier posts and you should be able to balance your composter without too much effort.

heather38

if you have lots of weeds don't put them in, first put them in a bucket of water and leave for six months then put them in they should be dead then, also you need a equal mix of 'brown' and 'green' to stop your bin getting slimey.
you can also put in the contents of your vacuum bag, fluff from the tumble drier, hair, pets bedding such as hamsters rabbits and guinea pigs (but not cats or dogs).
do not put anything that has been cooked in it this will attract rats
if you get ants in your pile it is too dry - add some water

toozie_2

It sounds harder now!

I'm just trying to think how I can wangle getting two from the council, then I could alternate them.

What about paper from the shredder, maybe soaked in wee??

I'm off to read about "green and brown" now.......

Thanks anyone