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EllisMorgan · 27-02-2017, 08:25 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 26/02/2017 20:35, Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

Having down-sized garden, I no longer need the 2 large compost
containes that I left behind.

I'm wondering about one of these plastic conical bins, put it
in at the top, shovel it out at the bottom.

Do they really work well, or will I need 2 of them (I'm not
thinking of the heated type).

I have 3 (only because our council gives them away) and have them
stashed out of sight around the garden to dump weeds in. Compared with
me real compost bins (4 ft cubes made with pallets) plastic bins don't
ever heat up much and are very slow. You can forget "shovel it out the
bottom"...doesn't work. But they are a no-labour system. Every so often
I lift off the dalek from its mostly rotted contents, like taking the
bucket off sandpies, and leave the compost in situ for birds to spread,
move the dalek to new spot.
Ants love them, make large colonies and probably do most of the
composting; periodically I harvest their piles of fine soil from inside
the top iof the bin, good for potting.

Janet.

I have one I inherited and the slow worms love it, so I do much as Janet
does and don't move the empty bin too far when it gets mature. Ellis.