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Old 16-12-2015, 03:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default To compost or not?
On 2015-12-15, Martin wrote:

On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:08:24 -0000 (UTC), (Nick Maclaren)
wrote:

In article ,
Phil L wrote:

I only compost what my worms can eat, contents of teabags, raw, finely
chopped peelings and leaves, newspapers etc.

That's a difference between a worm bin and a traditional heap, which
I use. I can and do chuck pretty well everything on and, while it
takes longer to break down, almost everything does. I may give up
on the oyster shells, which have lasted the best part of a decade,
though :-)

There are piles of oyster shells left behind by the Romans at Silchester. Being
patient doesn't help/

There are still oyster shells in middens from 5000 years ago (Skara
Brae might be one of the examples).
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