Cant get that link to work Lyn, but heaps do get hot. My main bin steams when you get the lid off, now unfrozen, & you can feel the heat coming from it. J.
Years ago I heard a story about a boy who ran over a big compost heap in wellies and the rubber melted onto his leg!! I always keep the daleks moist in summer.
Lyn; I have just torn up my first magazine and put it on the compost, I will wait and see what happens
Mr Artjak...Im not falling for this one young man lol ;p
Lyn...you are a composting guru my dear I love the fact there are soo many ways of doing it. I have to say I dont put hair or cat fuzz in because I leave it in an old feeder for the birds to nest with. Mine seems to be taking forever.
A friend of mine gave me some worms ( He has 2 wormeries,) I got 2 cheap dustbins . Cut the top off one and stood id on an upturned bucket inside the other. put some holes in the botton of the inside bucket. put 6 inches of compost in the inner bin and food leftovers on the top. put worms in. I started mine in april and they are now going into hibernation mode .I have the most fantastic compost now and i take liquid fertilizer out of a tap i have fixed to outside bin.i have not removed compost but will eventually do so the worms have multiplied. Every so often I put some of the worms into my compost bins
just a point on the wormery 'thing' (which I no longer have): the compost is gorgeously rich but comes in such small amounts that most 'pros' will advise to treat like gold dust - mix with other stuff and treat your fav vegetation with it; the liquid is the 'main event' - you'll be surprised how much you get especially once diluted.
But my reason for gatecrashing your compost 'party' was - does anyone know of any published articles re the effects of different foodstuffs on the compost heap??? I ask because mine seems to be more of a tea(bag) heap at the mo and though it will get turned with whatever else it can eat from the kitchen and garden in due course, i was just wondering if you can guesstimate nutrition, acidity etc of the end product from its diet (beyond the broad 'food groups' of green, woody etc) - I haven't 'googled' yet as that usually ends in tears...
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Cant get that link to work Lyn, but heaps do get hot. My main bin steams when you get the lid off, now unfrozen, & you can feel the heat coming from it. J.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151965/Check-compost-catches-heat-firefighters-warn-house-wrecked-spreading-flames.html
Blimey, that was one hot bin!
Also on there an article about compost & Legionnaires' disease.
Gloves yes, but face mask- when potting on/up?! J.
Years ago I heard a story about a boy who ran over a big compost heap in wellies and the rubber melted onto his leg!! I always keep the daleks moist in summer.
Lyn; I have just torn up my first magazine and put it on the compost, I will wait and see what happens
Lyn...you are a composting guru my dear
Sami G, I am an elderly spinster (nearly wrote 'spinach', which proves I'm old))
Lol, your only as old as you feel. Old spinach is a bit tough mind
A friend of mine gave me some worms ( He has 2 wormeries,) I got 2 cheap dustbins . Cut the top off one and stood id on an upturned bucket inside the other. put some holes in the botton of the inside bucket. put 6 inches of compost in the inner bin and food leftovers on the top. put worms in. I started mine in april and they are now going into hibernation mode .I have the most fantastic compost now and i take liquid fertilizer out of a tap i have fixed to outside bin.i have not removed compost but will eventually do so the worms have multiplied. Every so often I put some of the worms into my compost bins
just a point on the wormery 'thing' (which I no longer have): the compost is gorgeously rich but comes in such small amounts that most 'pros' will advise to treat like gold dust - mix with other stuff and treat your fav vegetation with it; the liquid is the 'main event' - you'll be surprised how much you get especially once diluted.
But my reason for gatecrashing your compost 'party' was - does anyone know of any published articles re the effects of different foodstuffs on the compost heap??? I ask because mine seems to be more of a tea(bag) heap at the mo and though it will get turned with whatever else it can eat from the kitchen and garden in due course, i was just wondering if you can guesstimate nutrition, acidity etc of the end product from its diet (beyond the broad 'food groups' of green, woody etc) - I haven't 'googled' yet as that usually ends in tears...