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Question on Garden Works Direct Compost Bins
tomchantry03346
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Has anyone used these (link below) and if so got any commetns positive or negative? thanks a lot
https://www.gardenworksdirect.co.uk/composting-accessories.html
https://www.gardenworksdirect.co.uk/composting-accessories.html
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I've bought timber bins in the past, but they were too lightweight. Cheap though. You learn from those mistakes. Easy to make from decent fencing timber and a few fence stobs, for very little outlay.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I bought 2 in 2017 and added a 3rd in 2018.
They produce excellent compost.
I was surprised how easily the slats can be removed even when it's wet. So they don't seem to swell.
2 of them collapsed a year ago and I recently bought replacement slats and joining posts that cost £140 - rats had chewed through the back of them and some of the slats at the back and posts at the back were rotting.
I've completed the restoration of 2 of them. I'll get round to the 3rd this week.
There are 2 scaffold boards at the base - just because I had nowhere else to store them.
I stood the posts on bricks. Then I dug down about 1ft to give more capacity.
Shredded prunings from last week
Just over 1m3 black gold ready to go!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
There was only a little rot on one of the posts at the front and a couple of slats.
All the damage was done at the back.
My neighbour has 2 fat-ball bird feeders and a bird table directly behind the bins. So the rats dine there and sleep in my bins!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
But there's no point. There are at least 15 bird feeders next door and have been for decades.
The bins lasted 6 years before needing attention, which isn't too bad in my opinion.
I get about 1cu m a year from them and they're easy to use.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
https://www.gardeningworks.co.uk/
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.