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"Natalie" wrote in message s.com... Rick McGreal wrote: *Does anyone have a URL for a website that has info on home composting? I have been composting my own stuff since I mved into my new house last July There was a LOT of biomass to be dumped and since then there has been all sorts a=of kitchen scraps in there aswell....But it simply isn;t breaking down....I would have thought that by now I woudl have something I could use on the garden....But none of it is... I really think that it hasn't worked right because I have done something wrong... I didn't have any heat in it over the winter either.... Can anyone help me? (Also....Can I put ANYTHING in a comport heap/bin? * -- Natalie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk Grass cuttings tend to be the fastest heat producer and if you started the heap in july i am surprised its gone nowhere Personally I have 7 huge bins made out of solid sided pallets stood on a bed of bricks ......i put layers of grass clippings, shredded prunings , straw, stable manure , veggie peelings, fallen apples , weeds, leaves, shredded paper , cardboard plus lashings of buckets of urine Cover with plastic then old piece of carpet and a wooden lid and leave for 6 weeks Then i fork the whole lot out into another bin sprinkling some Sulphate of Ammonia on the layers as i go .........cover again and leave for 3 months I then fork it all out again for final time and if not many worms are working i put in a shovel full out of my worm bin cover again as above and leave till the next spring when i have beautiful fine compost Compost needs warmth from sun in preference to a dark dank shady corner , moisture and turning/mixing |
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Composting
"Natalie" wrote in message s.com... Rick McGreal wrote: *Does anyone have a URL for a website that has info on home composting? I have been composting my own stuff since I mved into my new house last July There was a LOT of biomass to be dumped and since then there has been all sorts a=of kitchen scraps in there aswell....But it simply isn;t breaking down....I would have thought that by now I woudl have something I could use on the garden....But none of it is... I really think that it hasn't worked right because I have done something wrong... I didn't have any heat in it over the winter either.... Can anyone help me? (Also....Can I put ANYTHING in a comport heap/bin? * -- Natalie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk Grass cuttings tend to be the fastest heat producer and if you started the heap in july i am surprised its gone nowhere Personally I have 7 huge bins made out of solid sided pallets stood on a bed of bricks ......i put layers of grass clippings, shredded prunings , straw, stable manure , veggie peelings, fallen apples , weeds, leaves, shredded paper , cardboard plus lashings of buckets of urine Cover with plastic then old piece of carpet and a wooden lid and leave for 6 weeks Then i fork the whole lot out into another bin sprinkling some Sulphate of Ammonia on the layers as i go .........cover again and leave for 3 months I then fork it all out again for final time and if not many worms are working i put in a shovel full out of my worm bin cover again as above and leave till the next spring when i have beautiful fine compost Compost needs warmth from sun in preference to a dark dank shady corner , moisture and turning/mixing |
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