Compost.
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Had a good set up at my last house. 7 pallets to create 3 bays with boards at the front added as required to hold the contents. Just filled the first one, then when it was full emptied it all into the bay next door thereby turning it all. Then when 1 was full of new stuff, emptied half rotted 2 into 3, then 1 into 2, so 1 was free to fill up with new stuff again.
It was a great system. Mice always lived in bay 2 for some reason and when I emptied it the dog used to sit nearby and eat them as they tried to run away. I took pity on the mice and began shutting the dog away when I did this job. Some wasps decided to live in bay 3. They were burrowed deep inside so I left them alone thinking I'd empty it in winter. Then two of the ****ers stung my daughter so I chucked a stone on top of their exit tunnel and set fire to the compost & roasted them all. Ruined the compost but it was worth it. I hate wasps.
But yeah, a 3 bin/bay system is a great way to make good compost.
It was a great system. Mice always lived in bay 2 for some reason and when I emptied it the dog used to sit nearby and eat them as they tried to run away. I took pity on the mice and began shutting the dog away when I did this job. Some wasps decided to live in bay 3. They were burrowed deep inside so I left them alone thinking I'd empty it in winter. Then two of the ****ers stung my daughter so I chucked a stone on top of their exit tunnel and set fire to the compost & roasted them all. Ruined the compost but it was worth it. I hate wasps.
But yeah, a 3 bin/bay system is a great way to make good compost.
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Had a good set up at my last house. 7 pallets to create 3 bays with boards at the front added as required to hold the contents. Just filled the first one, then when it was full emptied it all into the bay next door thereby turning it all. Then when 1 was full of new stuff, emptied half rotted 2 into 3, then 1 into 2, so 1 was free to fill up with new stuff again.
It was a great system. Mice always lived in bay 2 for some reason and when I emptied it the dog used to sit nearby and eat them as they tried to run away. I took pity on the mice and began shutting the dog away when I did this job. Some wasps decided to live in bay 3. They were burrowed deep inside so I left them alone thinking I'd empty it in winter. Then two of the ****ers stung my daughter so I chucked a stone on top of their exit tunnel and set fire to the compost & roasted them all. Ruined the compost but it was worth it. I hate wasps.
But yeah, a 3 bin/bay system is a great way to make good compost.
It was a great system. Mice always lived in bay 2 for some reason and when I emptied it the dog used to sit nearby and eat them as they tried to run away. I took pity on the mice and began shutting the dog away when I did this job. Some wasps decided to live in bay 3. They were burrowed deep inside so I left them alone thinking I'd empty it in winter. Then two of the ****ers stung my daughter so I chucked a stone on top of their exit tunnel and set fire to the compost & roasted them all. Ruined the compost but it was worth it. I hate wasps.
But yeah, a 3 bin/bay system is a great way to make good compost.
Opened up the bottom of one of my plastic bins this morning for the first time in 9 months and was presented with lovely, nutritious, crumbly goodness. So satisfying. It's going in to the newly created nursery and around the plum tree at the back of the cottage. Can't wait to get a proper 3 bin system going! I love the concept of putting the nutrients back in to the same garden they came from; symbiotic.
Last edited by JTaylor; Apr 5, 2017 at 08:38 AM.
My compost was semi commercial, being a landscaper ; if you are just putting in grass cuttings and household waste it can get too wet and turn to silage, which increases the time taken. Adding shredded plant material, or a layer of bark mulch allows oxygen in, speeding the process. We had to wet our shredding to stop them from igniting!!
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My compost was semi commercial, being a landscaper ; if you are just putting in grass cuttings and household waste it can get too wet and turn to silage, which increases the time taken. Adding shredded plant material, or a layer of bark mulch allows oxygen in, speeding the process. We had to wet our shredding to stop them from igniting!!
Thinking of buying three of these for my set-up:
https://m.greenfingers.com/p26627/te...FUU6GwodkR8Omg
Not the most attractive things but they'll be behind a fenced-off area, so I'm not too bothered.