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Re: Recycle builders bag for compost container? - update |
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| message from David W.E. Roberts on 15 May 2004 |
I unded up just shaping the bag with four garden canes - the stuff going in
kept the bag in shape.
Now full (but compacting) and steaming in the middle.
I managed to virtually fill it with two mowings from the lawn, but I mixed
in some old potting compost from last year and the whole thing seems to be
working at the moment.
I am putting in a layer of veggie matter then a layer of spent compost; this
seems to work O.K.
The spent compost contributes worms, but the centre of the heap is really
cooking - won't this cook the worms as well?
[Mmmm....steamed worms...mmmm]
Last layer to go in was excess weed from the pond - a surprising amount.
I think we are due to remove some sediment from the bottom of the pond as
well - I assume that if I bucket it out carefully then the pond will settle
out again fairly soon.
Now looking for a place to put a second bag, but I have run out of hidden
corners.
Cheers
Dave R
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| Mary Fisher replied to David W.E. Roberts on 15 May 2004 |
Good Heavens! You must have a huge lawn ...
The worms will get in withut the spent compost ...
They're not daft and they're temperature sensitive so won't go where it's
too hot.
My hens prefer them raw. although oddly enough they won't eat worms from the
compost heap - which aren't normal earthworms.
Yes, its growth rate suddenly goes exponential at this time of year ...
It will. But the weed will grow again.
Where there's a will ...
Mary
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| Stuart replied to Mary Fisher on 17 May 2004 |
You can buy compost bins from www.lakeland.co.uk -made of some sort of
plastic type material-about £9 if i remember -got a lid and a flap at the
base to remove the cooked stuff and they are self supporting .
The time I had one I just made it from scrap timber with a lid and a bit
at the base (front) that you could remove to scoop out the "ready"
compost.
I put a bit of old carpet on the top to keep the heat in .You can buy
stuff to help it along in the initial stages .
can you use brandling worms ??-u can get them from fishing tackle shops in
wee tubs.
Stuart
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| Mary Fisher replied to Stuart on 17 May 2004 |
In my long experience the right worms will find their way in and make it
their home/brothel/maternity unit ... you don't need to introduce them.
Honestly.
Mary
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| Tony Williams replied to Mary Fisher on 17 May 2004 |
The mfr's data does suggest standing the compost bin
onto bare soil, and nature will do the rest. But one
serious problem with doing that (around here anyway)
is that it attracts rats, who find it easy to dig a
small entry hole under lip of the bin, and there
they are, got themselves a nice, warm nest, with
plenty of worms in the pantry.... Billy Butlins.
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| Mary Fisher replied to Tony Williams on 17 May 2004 |
I reckon that if rats want to get into anything less than a very substantial
plastic or, of course, metal container they will.
Mary
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| Tony Williams replied to Mary Fisher on 17 May 2004 |
In article <40a8a110$0$22314$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net>,
The best compost bin we ever had was a simple
kit of 5x squares of strong mesh wire, about
48x48" per side, and with about a 1" mesh.
Clip together the 4 sides, then the base. Fill
the thing up, turn your back on it, and the
level had sunk. Took a couple of years to
finally fill it. When dug out there were
thousands of tiny red worms at the bottom.
Are they what are called Tiger worms?
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| Mary Fisher replied to Tony Williams on 17 May 2004 |
I've no idea. All I know is that they're not earthworms and our hens won't
eat them. They smell like the ones I used to use for angling (fifty years
ago and I don't think they were given names then) but the smell might not be
exclusive to one type of worm. A rose by any other name ...
As long as they do the dibs it's not important, is it? I was about to
suggest asking u.r.g. then noticed that this is crossposted!
Mary
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