"R" wrote in message
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"Spider" wrote in message
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This weekend I sieved through the contents of one of my compost bins and
gained a huge quantity of the most glorious crumbly compost. I am so
smug, it's painful! I have three other bins which are ready, so I'm
going to be impossible to live with this week :~)).

The bins are simply ex-dustbins, upended or well-holed. I put in a good
variety of materials, mix them (but not *that* often) and add water only
rarely if the contents seem dry. They are cold heaps, although they get
quite hot in summer, so they've taken about 9 months to produce this
really splendid stuff.

I just need some rain now, so I can spread it as mulch. Might just as
well let the worms finish the job :~)

Compost.................Now there's an earthy word.

Ours ?
Alternative layers of garden debris, shredded of course with horse poo.
At last I have a use for her neddy and its friends in the paddock who
produce the best poo mix.
Dug in last year to veg patch, left the other half un-manured. (Experiment
to "Her indoors" to prove that digging it in works)
*Everything* grows better and stronger, plus tastes better.
Baby spuds, and carrots are divine.


You're really lucky to have horse poo. We once bought some horse poo from a
Dulwich stable, but the price was rather high. I resent paying for
something that is, in all honesty, free waste. Anyway, 'Him indoors' won't
have a tetanus shot, so I daren't use HP for fear he gets something he'll
never get rid of. It's just as well I can produce good compost without it.
I do use chicken poo pellets for a seasonal boost, though.

Spider