Composting

Noozan

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

Anyone know where I could aquire a few worms? DH not assisting with the wee yet, so I suppose that'll be up to me. Just can't quite face it yet incase a neighbour sees me!

I bought some worms last year from www.wigglywigglers.co.uk and they've multiplied tenfold!

You could always pee into a suitable receptacle and discreetly pour it into the compost...

Prudent

Noozan wrote:

You could always pee into a suitable receptacle and discreetly pour it into the compost...

My next door neighbour is an environmental health officer ... I wouldn't like to be caught doing this. The compost bin sits next to the fence.

Ticklemouse

Prudent wrote:

My next door neighbour is an environmental health officer ... I wouldn't like to be caught doing this. The compost bin sits next to the fence.

But how would he know?

Unless, of course, you were caught 'perching' on there with ya knicks around your ankles, reading an re-cycled copy of womans weekly :rotfl:

Prudent

Ticklemouse wrote:

But how would he know?

Unless, of course, you were caught 'perching' on there with ya knicks around your ankles, reading an re-cycled copy of womans weekly :rotfl:

Not a pretty vision. He would probably be compelled to move house despite his twenty five years there.

squeaky

Pee in a bucket indoors. Dilute about four to one with water, then nip out and pour it over the compost.

If your compost heap (or open bottomed bin) is on soil then the worms will find it all by themselves.

Fairy22

I'm a bit embarrased to admit this but ... I pee in a container and then put it in a big sealed tub outside, add some bashed up nettles and some left over black tea (or use up your cheap nasty teabags). Leave for at least a week, then add to either your compost heap or garden. It's really good plant food, be warned though it smells rotten, as you can proberbly imagine !.

bargainaddict

Quick question. We had a leaflet from the council offering cheap composters for £6 and bases for £5. They say the base speeds up the process. Is this right? I thought it needed to be on the dirt so the wormies got in!

arkonite_babe

I bought compost accelerator from my local Lidl today, cost me £2.99

I shall see how it goes and will let you all know

ka7e

I've just taken delivery of a brand new compost bin, but I'm not sure where to position it. My garden is fairly small and west-facing and predominantly paved. I can lift some slabs if I find the right place for it! Would it be too warm against a south-facing wall? Will it be too smelly outside the conservatory (west-facing)?
My garden is surrounded by tall walls and hedges and is a bit of a sun-trap and gets very hot in the summer. During the winter it is sheltered but damp.

pollys

Mine is at the bottom of the garden on soil. It gets the sun during the morning/early afternoon during the summer. You can feel the heat coming off it when you put something in. We have 2 bins, the one we filled over last summer is now lovely compost ready to fill pots. The one we started at the end of summer and have been filling over the winter now needs the sun on it to get it going. It isn't very smelly but can get a lot of flies in if there is a lot of fruit peelings going in. A way round this is to put a layer of shredded paper on top.

HTH