"Spider" wrote in message
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On 02/12/2012 14:07, 'Mike' wrote:
"Spider" wrote in message
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On 01/12/2012 22:03, Ophelia wrote:
"Spider" wrote in message
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On 30/11/2012 11:52, Broadback wrote:
I am sure I have seen simple light items designed to hold rubbish
bags
upright and open, what the dickens are they called? I have tried
Google
searches with all the names I can think of, but not got the right
one.
I appreciate this is not what you asked for, but I have at least 6 of
these and find them very useful. I buy them more cheaply than shown in
the link (watch out for Lidl garden sales) and they last reasonably
well. They are light but tough, stand open while you fill them and
collapse for storage. I wouldn't be without them. I have even grown
potatoes in the older ones as, by then, they have a few drainage
holes.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Litre-Spring...4398632&sr=1-4
Oh! We have two of those!!!! We use them for all kinds of things
)
Yes, they're very good in the garden. I even use spare ones for plant
protection at this time of year when I need fewer for garden waste.
Our council, to my relief, seems happy to empty any number of them in
the summer. I have been known to have all six full of waste by
collection day.
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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay
Don't you shred and compost? I even take my neighbour's hedge trimmings,
shred them and compost them
Mike
I can't. No where to keep a shredder. I do compost an awful lot of
garden waste, plus cardboard and some shredded paper. I have five useable
compost bins plus one that needs rebuilding. They make very good crumbly
compost. Also, if I have lots of cardboard, I lay it in the garden to
suppress weeds.
This year, however, I'm not composting the millions of Sycamore leaves
which fall in the garden. Most of them have Acer Tar Spot fungus, and I
don't want to store up trouble for my few decorative Acers.
Believe me, if I had a brick-built shed (nothinhg less would deter the
two-legged rats), then I would most certainly invest in a shredder.
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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay
It has surprised us just how fast the compost goes down when the stuff is
shredded first, but if you can't have a home for one, you just have to do
what you can. Quite amazing the number of worms that get in there working at
it :-)
Mike
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