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Old 01-08-2008, 03:35 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Earthmaker compost bin good or gimmick?

Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article ,
says...
There is an advert in the RHS magazine for an Earthmaker compost bin.
It's a peculiar shape and advertises with a bit of scientific
explanation.
Website is
www.earthmaker.co.uk

is it an improvement on the normal design or just a gimmick? I have a
lot of shredding to do in the next few weeks and it would be nice to put
it in a new bin as all mine are currently full up. Don't want to put too
much on the garden as mulch until the end of the summer as things dry
out very quickly.

Janet

Well it will work, but so will a black dalek at £5, Thought £129 was
outrageous. I would buy 3 or 4 standard bins, however clever it is the
volume at the top was not very large and I suspect you would fill it
within an hour of starting your shredding.
(This time of year I shred into bags and stuff round the back of things
till I start cutting back in autumn and can see the ground again!)


I don't imagine the contents fall into the next container down in an
orderly fashion either.