Compost heaps-the ideal.

[sime42]

Teeming, and steaming.

 

 

 

[Ty Korrigan]

Only having a wee 'jardinette' out back and needing space for the kids trampoline and general plastic McF*ck, I only decided to put a composter in a corner in 2022.

The effect on deciding to compost our kitchen waste has had a huge effect on the number of times our household bin needs emptying.

I bury fish scraps in a border and flush softer cooked waste down the loo.

Being Summer, bones I take to the bin by the bus stop opposite as we only need our bin emptying once every 3/4 weeks.

Recycling bin, every two weeks.

I compost some cereal boxes and most egg boxes.

I chuck in a spade of soil and a bucket of water from time to time as well small cuttings from the garden.

No smell, zillions of wee flies when the lid is opened and plenty of slugs doing their job.

Wish I'd done it earlier, it is a small hobby in it's own way.

Yeh yeh, I've chip piles but a composter is something else.

Oh, my chip pile at my plot of land is being turned over by badgers searching for large white grubs.

Marvelous !

 

 

[peds]

Anyone with limited space, a modest budget to spend, and a few spare children to occasionally operate the device, should consider building or buying a compost tumbler. Follow the recipe and you get usable product in 6 weeks or so with minimal effort, and the removal of any pests associated with the practice, be they real or imaginary.

[scbk]

2 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

I bury fish scraps in a border and flush softer cooked waste down the loo.

 

I compost some cereal boxes and most egg boxes.

From this I deduce you need to get some hens! Fresher eggs than you'll get in the shops, happier hens than commercial free range, and they get rid of your food waste!

[scbk]

2 hours ago, Ty Korrigan said:

I chuck in a spade of soil and a bucket of water from time to time as well small cuttings from the garden.

No smell, zillions of wee flies when the lid is opened and plenty of slugs doing their job.

Wish I'd done it earlier, it is a small hobby in it's own way.

Yeh yeh, I've chip piles but a composter is something else.

Oh, my chip pile at my plot of land is being turned over by badgers searching for large white grubs.

Marvelous !

The next step is to add urine to the compost (if you're not already using it in the garden)

 

Further steps include building a compost toilet, to recycle jobbies and sawdust.

[Ty Korrigan]

On 01/08/2024 at 22:26, sime42 said:

Teeming, and steaming.

 

 

 

 

Looks like a Crockpot vegan stew.on the go...

[sime42]

13 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

 

Looks like a Crockpot vegan stew.on the go...

 

With added protein.....

[Trailoftears]

If your doing it 'right',a massive population of v.busy woodlice is a good sign, nature's little army of composters 👌

[sime42]

10 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

If your doing it 'right',a massive population of v.busy woodlice is a good sign, nature's little army of composters 👌

 

Yep, there's plenty of them too. They just scuttled off quicker than I could get a photo, and quicker than the very wriggly worms. The filthy looking slugs obviously stand no chance of getting away.

[peds]

First pile of the new house set to cook. Kitchen scraps that aren't appropriate for chickens saved up in the dalek, and then when full to the brim, a pallet bin built around it, dalek lifted, then and filled and tossed about with seaweed, chicken litter floor scrapings, comfrey, and nettle. Left under the rain for two days, then a lid of cardboard and plastic bags. 

Probably leave it cooking until Christmas or so.