Chris Rowe wrote:

Hi
I have one of the dalek type compost bins and I'm told that compost needs
turning,apart from lifting the bin off the compost, moving the bin/compost
and refilling(lack of space and time consuming) how is this possible?

Is it one that has a door at the base, or one that simply lifts off the
finished pile?
If the latter, lift it off the unfinished pile, fork the stuff into a
barrow, put the bin back, fork the stuff around in the barrow, then pile
it back in the bin.

Mine are the former. I shovel some of the good stuff out of the bottom
into a barrow, then take the lid off and fork the less-well-rotted stuff
out of the top into the barrow. Fork through the stuff that remains in
the bin (I'm only 5'4" and I can manage this by leaning over the bin
:-), then fork through the stuff in the barrow to remix it (I usually
take the opportunity to mix in some grasscuttings before putting it back
in the bin), and pile it back in the bin. Water well with activator
before replacing the lid and leaving it to rot in peace.

Funny you should mention this; I did mine this morning :-)

regards
sarah




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