Woke up to very strong wind and heavy rain. Now trying to brighten up but every time I go out it starts to rain. I was really lucky to get a compost bin on freegle yesterday. Have moved it to where I want it but not sure if I need a base. It's sitting on flat concrete. Any one know if it would be best to have a base or not please.
Bev, A wire base would be ideal although it is only to keep the rodents out of the compost. If you have some old tiles or packing to put under the edges anything from a quarter of an inch to around an inch will let the air in from the bottom. If you do pack it up a bit then put some brush or thin sticks in the base, a covering again to let the air circulate. Compost needs "Air Warmth and Damp" it will generate its own heat in time and never soak just damp each layer as you load it up, air is one of the important things..
You can put compost in but I would put a layer of garden soil or garden compost on base with a few worms thrown in before you add stuff to decompose. but I'm just learning as well, there is a thread calle d 'what to put in compost' that may be useful
Herre we have rain, struggling to clear up =can see top of hills. Greenhouse trmp was minimum 0.5 so I guess it was about -2 outside overnight.
OMG, went out with the dog in total panic mode as it was a total white over with frost, by the time I got over to the field my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth it was only 0.5c so glad to get on the grass but I had to conquer the fear of slipping over again, glad to get home I must say, it's a tropical 3.5c now and the fog is rolling in slight breeze well just enough to make the leaves shiver.
WManchester is bright & breezy again, although clouding over again now.About 8C out there now.
We too were below freezing first thing & you could just see it on the grass.
No gardening for me today though. We are having a BIG sort out of 'stuff', you know the sort of thing that gets in your way for a couple of yrs & then you wonder why?
So now a pile for tip, to keep, charity pick-up, & really must sort out properly. We'll get there! J.
Heavy showers both yesterday and today - and pretty cold, too. Danced in and out of the showers and managed to get my dahlias lifted (they're now upside-down to dry off a bit) and planted my garlic in modules.
Garden is a quagmire, so nothing possible in the borders etc. My brussels and winter cabbages look very sorry for themselves. I may have to resort to buying greens for Christmas! And it's our normal tradition to go down the garden on Christmas morning to pick fresh for lunch. No wonder farmers are so fed up with the weather.
Dismal and rainy now after a fine morning, very frosty first thing, the weather box says cloudy, so that's about right. I haven't ventured into the garden today, been too busy with other things.
Not a cloud in the sky, clear blue, warm and sunny here.
Out in the garden most of the morning.
Jo, I need a good clear out too, I'm thinking car boot in the spring at give away prices and what doesn't sell goes to the tip. Did the same thing last year and had a tub of teddies/dolls which were freebie's to everyone who had a child and bought something, went down a treat and I sold most of the stuff, what I didn't sell by lunch time, went to see if other stall holders wanted to buy and made a few more pounds. Didn't need to go to the tip.
I'd love a house which was minimalistic but can't bear parting with stuff, me thinks my winter project will be putting in shelves in the basement to store all the stuff I need but never use
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Woke up to very strong wind and heavy rain. Now trying to brighten up but every time I go out it starts to rain. I was really lucky to get a compost bin on freegle yesterday. Have moved it to where I want it but not sure if I need a base. It's sitting on flat concrete. Any one know if it would be best to have a base or not please.
Bev, A wire base would be ideal although it is only to keep the rodents out of the compost. If you have some old tiles or packing to put under the edges anything from a quarter of an inch to around an inch will let the air in from the bottom.
If you do pack it up a bit then put some brush or thin sticks in the base, a covering again to let the air circulate.
Compost needs "Air Warmth and Damp" it will generate its own heat in time and never soak just damp each layer as you load it up, air is one of the important things..
Frank.
You can put compost in but I would put a layer of garden soil or garden compost on base with a few worms thrown in before you add stuff to decompose. but I'm just learning as well, there is a thread calle d 'what to put in compost' that may be useful
Herre we have rain, struggling to clear up =can see top of hills. Greenhouse trmp was minimum 0.5 so I guess it was about -2 outside overnight.
OMG, went out with the dog in total panic mode as it was a total white over with frost, by the time I got over to the field my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth it was only 0.5c so glad to get on the grass but I had to conquer the fear of slipping over again, glad to get home I must say, it's a tropical 3.5c now and the fog is rolling in slight breeze well just enough to make the leaves shiver.
Oh dear, it's on it's way.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20197064
WManchester is bright & breezy again, although clouding over again now.About 8C out there now.
We too were below freezing first thing & you could just see it on the grass.
No gardening for me today though. We are having a BIG sort out of 'stuff', you know the sort of thing that gets in your way for a couple of yrs & then you wonder why?
So now a pile for tip, to keep, charity pick-up, & really must sort out properly. We'll get there! J.
snow on the mendips,sleet every where,rain and now its clouding over for some more rain.
Heavy showers both yesterday and today - and pretty cold, too. Danced in and out of the showers and managed to get my dahlias lifted (they're now upside-down to dry off a bit) and planted my garlic in modules.
Garden is a quagmire, so nothing possible in the borders etc. My brussels and winter cabbages look very sorry for themselves. I may have to resort to buying greens for Christmas! And it's our normal tradition to go down the garden on Christmas morning to pick fresh for lunch. No wonder farmers are so fed up with the weather.
Nr Lincoln.
Dismal and rainy now after a fine morning, very frosty first thing, the weather box says cloudy, so that's about right. I haven't ventured into the garden today, been too busy with other things.
Chris.
Out in the garden most of the morning.
Jo, I need a good clear out too, I'm thinking car boot in the spring at give away prices and what doesn't sell goes to the tip. Did the same thing last year and had a tub of teddies/dolls which were freebie's to everyone who had a child and bought something, went down a treat and I sold most of the stuff, what I didn't sell by lunch time, went to see if other stall holders wanted to buy and made a few more pounds. Didn't need to go to the tip
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I'd love a house which was minimalistic but can't bear parting with stuff, me thinks my winter project will be putting in shelves in the basement to store all the stuff I need but never use