I agree that making compost does give me a good feeling, seeing the pile getting bigger, although flattening at the same time too! As promised here is a picture of our compost bin set up - we are lucky to have the space for three, although we had just one for many years, until I became a more active gardener and wanted to use compost too. It isn't such a tidy affair as picidea's but it works. When filled the bins are covered with anything we can find that fits the top. We do add water from time to time to help with the rotting down process.
Geurnsey donkey that’s very neat and tidy, was going to post photo of mine but you put us to shame😀 After coming out of the wooden bays they go into big containers, two of which are those big farm ones, bright blue, at least they can’t be seen from the house.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thanks Lyn, I must admit we did do a quick move of junk before this picture was taken. That is one thing with a big garden, like a big house really - you accumulate "junk" by the tonne - in our case an old picnic table that is now used to dumping onto and it makes a good surface any outdoor repotting of plants etc. The compost compartments work very well and I can tell that you have a very efficient set up too Lyn.
Here’s ours, five barrels and two wood bins, plus, behind that is builders bags, you wouldn’t believe we spread everything we had on the ground by December, this lot will be ready for this winter. fortunately none of this can be seen, we’ve got dustbins everywhere up there collecting water off the gh’s And two of those blue containers joined together collecting off the garage roof. It really is a work only area!
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I have three wood bins and a dalek. The latter is singularly useless and I'm thinking of sending it back to the planet it came from. Anybody got one that works?
We have three daleks, which work after a fashion. The idea was to fill one up and when that one was full, start a new one but in reality that doesn't really work as we accumulate a lot of green stuff. Occasionally when I'm feeling really fit, I tip one or two out, sort out the good stuff at the bottom and pile the rest back in. We have to sit them on plastic as they are right in front of box hedges whose roots kept climbing in, so it's not ideal. The garden's not really big enough to fit proper wooden compost bins and as it's on a slope, it's in full view of the house.
I have three wood bins and a dalek. The latter is singularly useless and I'm thinking of sending it back to the planet it came from. Anybody got one that works?
We only use it for storing once the two wood bins are done. It does keep it going but I don’t like the sealed lid, there are millions of worms by the time it’s got to that one and they will die in the heat, so when it’s full we leave the lid ajar.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
You won't get good compost from tons of grass. Just create a corner where the cuttings can go and rot away. Their volume will reduce enough to make this area sustainable.
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After coming out of the wooden bays they go into big containers, two of which are those big farm ones, bright blue, at least they can’t be seen from the house.
fortunately none of this can be seen, we’ve got dustbins everywhere up there collecting water off the gh’s And two of those blue containers joined together collecting off the garage roof. It really is a work only area!
Just create a corner where the cuttings can go and rot away. Their volume will reduce enough to make this area sustainable.