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from Polar contains these words: I used to pour water over egg shells and let the good stuff leach into the water. But the smell can be awful, so I gradually gave up, and now smash them up as small as possible and add them to the compost. We should be all smashing our eggshells anyway..otherwise, witches can use them as boats :-) For the OP..the only veg I don't put in the heap are raw potato peelings, because there's a risk of circulating potato blight to the ones I grow.You can boost your compost heap with free stuff like cut nettles and comfrey both to bulk it up and encourage decomposition...plus bracken and seaweed if they are conveniently available to you. Janet. |
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:46:57 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Polar contains these words: I used to pour water over egg shells and let the good stuff leach into the water. But the smell can be awful, so I gradually gave up, and now smash them up as small as possible and add them to the compost. We should be all smashing our eggshells anyway..otherwise, witches can use them as boats :-) For the OP..the only veg I don't put in the heap are raw potato peelings, because there's a risk of circulating potato blight to the ones I grow. Gwacious! Never occurred to me. Thanks. You can boost your compost heap with free stuff like cut nettles and comfrey both to bulk it up and encourage decomposition...plus bracken and seaweed if they are conveniently available to you. -- Polar |
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You can always dig a hole and bury stuff. This is called trench composting.
That is what I do with cat waste. Stray cats come to my garden. We have lots of snow and one has been shitting on my shovelled walkway, so it doesn't always work. |
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