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  • catz747 wrote:
    :( I haven't got that much grass, it might look silly. :eek: I was hoping to find some sort of not too tall composting device. The free one from the council looks like about the size of a dalek :rotfl:
    If you look on the Blue Peter page on the BBC website they show you how to turn a CB into a Dalek (my OH has banned me from doing this to any of our bins- we have 4!) With CBs bigger is better as they create more heat and make the compost quicker. Could you screen off your bin with a bit of trellis then grow something up the trellis eg evergreen honeysuckle?
  • catz747
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    superdog wrote:
    If you look on the Blue Peter page on the BBC website they show you how to turn a CB into a Dalek

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :D

    Was thinking that any corner I put it in on the grass will block behind it and make the garden look smaller, I think I'll look for (or make :eek: ) something low and long :confused:
  • Glad
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    as we now have a new greenfingered moneysaving board, I'll move this thread over where it may be of help to other moneysavers :)
    I am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • What about a wormery?
  • catz747
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    superdog wrote:
    What about a wormery?

    :confused: Goes to look it up :T

    Aaah Great! A junior wormery - small scale composting, just what I need :)

    Here's a good site:
    http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/az_worms.aspx
  • Excellent! I am hoping to get one this year mainly for the small persons in the house. We are getting bored of the CBs and need something a little more wriggly to enthuse them about gardening.:D
  • As we have lots of compost queries here on the greenfingered board, I've merged them into one discussion thread for ease of finding answers to your queries

    :)
  • KTee_2
    KTee_2 Posts: 12 Forumite
    If you want lots of red worms - ideal for the composting process just put in the tops or slices of pineapple. They love 'em! When you lift the pineapple tops there are hundreds of them underneath.
  • soba
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    superdog wrote:
    If you look on the Blue Peter page on the BBC website they show you how to turn a CB into a Dalek
    That's so funny!! Can't wait to show DH tonight!
  • cjalynch
    cjalynch Posts: 248 Forumite
    Hi,
    When we moved into our house two years ago, the previous owner left a compost bin at the back of the (small) garden.
    Well, despite being a lurker on the OS boards for quite a while now, today is the first day I have plucked up the courage to open it- I have always feared it housed a large colony of rats or other unwelcome guests!
    To my surprise it was 3/4 full of what looks like really good compost- but I am not totally sure what this should look like as I am basing my view on my dad's garden twenty-odd years ago.
    It is like very fine topsoil with bits of mulchy looking twigs and "broken down" leaves etc. No liquid and it doesn't smell at all.

    My question is this- did the previous owner leave it full of soil after having the garden done (some planting was done before we bought) or has my leaving the bin for nigh on two years left me with fabulous compost to start my garden off this summer?

    Any opinions would be very welcome.
    By the way, there are several ear-wig type creatures crawling around in there too......
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