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On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:43:39 +0100, "Spider"
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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


I thought you paid for the back breaking work of collecting and
bagging the stuff and feeding the horses / ponies in the first place.

Rather like the old fashioned TV repairer - called out - looked at the
set - thumped it - picture back. Charged £1, that's steep said the
customer; "how do you work that out?" Well said the repairer - the
thumps 6d - knowing where to thump - 19/6d.

You probably need to muliply by 100 to get it up to date.
Feeding horses & ponies is just about the same - but in any case I
think horse manure is now controlled waste so you probably can't buy
it at all nowadays.

There are still places who charge for it.

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On Jul 14, 11:46 am, "Spider" wrote:
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On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:09:21 +0100, "Spider"
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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 :~)

Spider

The late Geoffrey Smith once said that compost should be such that
you
could fancy it in a sandwich. Anyone fancy a sandwich?

Pam in Bristol

Mine looked really yummy. I offered RG ('Him indoors') compost pie for
dinner, but he turned it down. There's no pleasing some people.

Spider

LOL. I have been adding chicken poo to mine and it seems to be
working, without it, the contents hadn't even started to break down, b

Chicken poo makes wonderful compost.
--
June Hughes


Agreed; but so do I - and I don't smell as much :~))

Spider


G When it has rotted down, it doesn't smell at all.

I'm sure that when Spider has rotted dwon she won't smell either!(:-)

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On Jul 13, 7:09 pm, "Spider" wrote:
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 :~)

Spider

Spit, I'm jealous, my 2 bins look as if they are going very slowly
despite the contents of... er.. ehm, bladders :-)

But were they male bladders?

It apparently makes a lot of difference.

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On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:09:21 +0100, "Spider"

wrote:

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 :~)

Spider

The late Geoffrey Smith once said that compost should be such that
you
could fancy it in a sandwich. Anyone fancy a sandwich?

Pam in Bristol

Mine looked really yummy. I offered RG ('Him indoors') compost pie
for
dinner, but he turned it down. There's no pleasing some people.

Spider

LOL. I have been adding chicken poo to mine and it seems to be
working, without it, the contents hadn't even started to break down, b

Chicken poo makes wonderful compost.
--
June Hughes


Agreed; but so do I - and I don't smell as much :~))

Spider


G When it has rotted down, it doesn't smell at all.

I'm sure that when Spider has rotted dwon she won't smell either!(:-)


LOL! :~)
Spider