Can I butt in here please . I have this problem and when I had an allotment there was always,according to the old hands there one solution. Wee! I used to take my dog on a lead run there and was always asked if I would let him wee on their piles of compost It is a very old "starter" the ammonia that you buy as a "starter" is called urea you will read on the packet. Same thing ! Crude but very effective apparently, though I haven't tried it myself
My OH wees on our compost when he’s home. Gets it going a treat? of course, we do live in a very remote place where he would never be overlooked, maybe don’t do it if you have neighbours forever looking over your fence.
although, you should have the right to do what you want in your own garden.?
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Was the compost quick and good that's the real point lol . I hastily was transferred from an allotment with a person on the next one to me not only painted the dividing wooden rail with engine oil which poisoned and killed all my raspberry plants,but was constantly offering and I wasn't too sure he didn't use it on my plot....his compost made with everything and more than just wee of his . (His cabbages grew enormous but I wouldn't want to eat them! ) I find Aldi do an excellent non peat compost
Ordinary kitchen cooking oil is OK to protect wood but more expensive. Regarding your neighbour's other habits: As I understand it animals that don't eat meat should produce compostable excrement, not sure that applies to human vegans/vegetarians though. My hens produce excellent stuff that is high in potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen.
Lyn: Yes, alright, I've now Googled it and you're right. It just wouldn't work with my thumb and finger crumbling method at night (I wear those thin black medical gloves). ugh!
Apart from all the grubs and worms, mine love to get their beaks into a nice juicy mouse or vole. Usually it's one left by the cats, but they will also kill one themselves given the opportunity. They sometimes catch one near the animal feed sacks and I have occasionally given them a badly injured mouse to dispatch, as they are quicker and therefore more humane than leaving it to the cats to finish off.
Lyn: Yes, alright, I've now Googled it and you're right. It just wouldn't work with my thumb and finger crumbling method at night (I wear those thin black medical gloves). ugh!
Buttercupdays: Hen's aren't vegetarians. I forgot that I give them mealworms for their breakfast. Unfortuanately my bantam girls are scared of slugs, not surprised if you saw the size of them this year.
I'm going to start a new thread called 'SLUGZILLA', one that wrote letters upon its death.
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My OH wees on our compost when he’s home. Gets it going a treat? of course, we do live in a very remote place where he would never be overlooked, maybe don’t do it if you have neighbours forever looking over your fence.
although, you should have the right to do what you want in your own garden.?
Within reason I suppose.
Was the compost quick and good that's the real point lol . I hastily was transferred from an allotment with a person on the next one to me not only painted the dividing wooden rail with engine oil which poisoned and killed all my raspberry plants,but was constantly offering and I wasn't too sure he didn't use it on my plot....his compost made with everything and more than just wee of his . (His cabbages grew enormous but I wouldn't want to eat them! ) I find Aldi do an excellent non peat compost
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Ordinary kitchen cooking oil is OK to protect wood but more expensive. Regarding your neighbour's other habits: As I understand it animals that don't eat meat should produce compostable excrement, not sure that applies to human vegans/vegetarians though. My hens produce excellent stuff that is high in potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen.
You can turn any waste into compost.
http://www.eco-toilets.co.uk/eco-toilet-info/why/
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Lyn: Yes, alright, I've now Googled it and you're right. It just wouldn't work with my thumb and finger crumbling method at night (I wear those thin black medical gloves). ugh!
Hens aren't vegetarians either!
Apart from all the grubs and worms, mine love to get their beaks into a nice juicy mouse or vole. Usually it's one left by the cats, but they will also kill one themselves given the opportunity. They sometimes catch one near the animal feed sacks and I have occasionally given them a badly injured mouse to dispatch, as they are quicker and therefore more humane than leaving it to the cats to finish off.
I certainly wouldn’t want to do that, not until it’s completely composted anyway?
Buttercupdays: Hen's aren't vegetarians. I forgot that I give them mealworms for their breakfast. Unfortuanately my bantam girls are scared of slugs, not surprised if you saw the size of them this year.
I'm going to start a new thread called 'SLUGZILLA', one that wrote letters upon its death.