Thanks Watery. I found the stuff at B&Q is made of the same stuff, our household waste collected by the council as I found bits of trash in it.
At the moment I am giving trench/pit composting a go. It's easy and quick and takes up no room really so it seems brilliant, though I haven't seen the results yet. I guess I'll know in a few months whether it's working. Apparently the process is quite quick.
A compost bin should be sited so that it gets some sun. But if that is not possible, the compost will get there in the end, just a bit slower.
Most Councils sell bins cheaply, but you can also get them on freecycle. It isn't essential to turn the contents of the bin, just rummage around every 2 weeks with a garden fork to get some air into the mix.
The mix should be 50% Nitrogen (greens) and 50% Carbon (browns).
Greens are stems, grass cuttings, plant leaves (not trees - they take a long time to rot down) cut flowers, old bedding plants, veg and fruit scraps from the kitchen etc
Browns are cardboard, newspaper, shredded bank statements etc.
Compost bins only smell if too much green has been added and no air is circulating. This is easy to rectify; stir up the contents and scrunch up each page of a newspaper and add to the mix.
Urine is a good free activator for compost, could be used perhaps once a month.
I was trained by Garden Organic as a Compost Master (doing an event on Sunday at an allotment open day) So any questions that you need answering, if I don't know I can usually find out.
Dyers End, suggest you put it on freecycle. But I have to ask; why don't you want it? Making your own compost is SO rewarding - it gets rid of a lot of garden and kitchen waste.
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Thanks Watery. I found the stuff at B&Q is made of the same stuff, our household waste collected by the council as I found bits of trash in it.
At the moment I am giving trench/pit composting a go. It's easy and quick and takes up no room really so it seems brilliant, though I haven't seen the results yet. I guess I'll know in a few months whether it's working. Apparently the process is quite quick.
A compost bin should be sited so that it gets some sun. But if that is not possible, the compost will get there in the end, just a bit slower.
Most Councils sell bins cheaply, but you can also get them on freecycle. It isn't essential to turn the contents of the bin, just rummage around every 2 weeks with a garden fork to get some air into the mix.
The mix should be 50% Nitrogen (greens) and 50% Carbon (browns).
Greens are stems, grass cuttings, plant leaves (not trees - they take a long time to rot down) cut flowers, old bedding plants, veg and fruit scraps from the kitchen etc
Browns are cardboard, newspaper, shredded bank statements etc.
Compost bins only smell if too much green has been added and no air is circulating. This is easy to rectify; stir up the contents and scrunch up each page of a newspaper and add to the mix.
Urine is a good free activator for compost, could be used perhaps once a month.
I was trained by Garden Organic as a Compost Master (doing an event on Sunday at an allotment open day
) So any questions that you need answering, if I don't know I can usually find out.
I have a compost bin which was here when I moved in. I don't want it so if anyone in NW Essex wants one it's free but will need to be collected.
Dyers End, suggest you put it on freecycle. But I have to ask; why don't you want it? Making your own compost is SO rewarding - it gets rid of a lot of garden and kitchen waste.