I think the problem is with trying to compost bulbs - they really don't want to break down. As aym280 says "after a whole year, they are staring at you, sneering".
The only way I have been able to compost bulbs like muscari is by chopping them up, leaving them until they are very dry and then putting them in the compost bin. The alternative is to put them into the Council green waste and they are then composted at a much higher temperature than you can achieve at home.
I'll have a go at drilling holes in the bottom of the washing drum. Thanks again. My new fruit bole is made out of the glass porthole from the front of the machine. It looks great, and is heavy enough not to fall if filled with fruit. I'll look at the pallet thread too.
I have a way of rotting bulbs, surplus ramson bulbs and mouldy onions if anyone is interested. I put them in a bucket and let the rain fill around them with water in a warm, very quiet corner of the garden. After a month or two, I tip the now lumpy gunk onto leaf mould and dig it in. I do the same for rotten potato pieces that are likely to root in the compost bin. It seems to help the leaf mould break down quite well, but you need to stand well, well back when doing the tipping and wear waterproof stuff to avoid smelling sincerely nasty. It is also great for deterring hoards of cannibals and carnivorous beasts - you just fling a ladle full of it at them and they run off.
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I think the problem is with trying to compost bulbs - they really don't want to break down. As aym280 says "after a whole year, they are staring at you, sneering".
The only way I have been able to compost bulbs like muscari is by chopping them up, leaving them until they are very dry and then putting them in the compost bin. The alternative is to put them into the Council green waste and they are then composted at a much higher temperature than you can achieve at home.
Once it cools down, Edd, put it in the shed to keep the rain off. That slows down the rusting. I suspect they vary in quality as well!
I'll have a go at drilling holes in the bottom of the washing drum. Thanks again. My new fruit bole is made out of the glass porthole from the front of the machine. It looks great, and is heavy enough not to fall if filled with fruit. I'll look at the pallet thread too.
I have a way of rotting bulbs, surplus ramson bulbs and mouldy onions if anyone is interested. I put them in a bucket and let the rain fill around them with water in a warm, very quiet corner of the garden. After a month or two, I tip the now lumpy gunk onto leaf mould and dig it in. I do the same for rotten potato pieces that are likely to root in the compost bin. It seems to help the leaf mould break down quite well, but you need to stand well, well back when doing the tipping
and wear waterproof stuff to avoid smelling sincerely nasty. It is also great for deterring hoards of cannibals and carnivorous beasts - you just fling a ladle full of it at them and they run off.