Compost Discussion Thread (Merged Threads)

savvy

LOL awww Jo...................I was picturing your compost bin crawling with these...........
.........................and humming 'Amarillo' then!! :D:D:D;)

Jo138

I'll have to start another bin - daren't risk hurting one by chucking a load of potato peelings in there. Every BORN life is sacred! How cute - baby armadillos (or woodlice, whatever)

Ken-Dodds-Hairy-Knodule

Jo138 wrote:

I'll have to start another bin - daren't risk hurting one by chucking a load of potato peelings in there. Every BORN life is sacred! How cute - baby armadillos (or woodlice, whatever)

I don't think you'll hurt a woodlouse, with that exoskeleton of theirs. :>

And to think - some scum BUY worms to put in their compost bin. Congrats on thinking of animals, not yourself (or how you appear to the neighbours, joining in the latest fad).

looby75

some scum BUY worms to put in their compost bin.

ok may be missing something here but don't worms love compost and are the creatures that do all the good work?

tr3mor

Baby armadillos?!

How the hell would they have gotten there? Mummy armadillo jetting in from South American and dumping them on your compost heap?

Honestly, is this thread a wind up?!

looby75 wrote:

ok may be missing something here but don't worms love compost and are the creatures that do all the good work?

I was hoping he was being ironic, maybe he isn't, who knows!

looby75

tr3mor wrote:

I was hoping he was being ironic, maybe he isn't, who knows!

LOL well I did say maybe I was missing something. I usually just lurk on this board I'll hold my hand up to not being the greenest person on earth but I do try to pick up a few quick and easy tips so thought maybe I was totally uneducated about worms or something!

Bargainbabe_2

tr3mor wrote:

Baby armadillos?!

How the hell would they have gotten there? Mummy armadillo jetting in from South American and dumping them on your compost heap?

Honestly, is this thread a wind up?!



I was hoping he was being ironic, maybe he isn't, who knows!

:rotfl: :T Your post has just made me literally LOL! Thank you, I needed cheering up after the day I've had.

stuartinlancashire

My parents got a compost bin a few months ago as the council where handing them out for nothing.

Now we have not had any problems with rats, however we where plagued by flies (hardly ever used to see flies prior to getting the compost bin) and these flies where coming from the bin. My parents freinds also had the same problem with their bin. My parents are now refusing to use it as they say they can't be doing with having all these flies and the stuff we where composting will have to go in the bin like it used too.

save-a-lot

Hi

There is a simple solution to this, leave the lid off for a day or two and this will alleviate the problem as fruit fly predators can get into the bin.

firespire

save-a-lot wrote:

Hi

There is a simple solution to this, leave the lid off for a day or two and this will alleviate the problem as fruit fly predators can get into the bin.

We have an compost pile not enclosed and have no flies so this must be why.