Newbie questions....

I want something to make compost from kitchen waste in a small city
garden. What sort of composter do i want (and where can i get one -
london or online?)

There's not really anywhere to hide it so something that isnt too
horrid to look at would be good. Do they smell?

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from (anthony james) contains these words:

Newbie questions....

I want something to make compost from kitchen waste in a small city
garden. What sort of composter do i want (and where can i get one -
london or online?)

There's not really anywhere to hide it so something that isnt too
horrid to look at would be good. Do they smell?

This question has been asked many times....try Google?

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AnneJ
ICQ #:- 119531282

anthony james wrote:
Newbie questions....

I want something to make compost from kitchen waste in a small city
garden. What sort of composter do i want (and where can i get one -
london or online?)


How many people's waste will you be composting?

There's not really anywhere to hide it so something that isnt too
horrid to look at would be good. Do they smell?

They don't smell if you do it properly. At least they don't smell
horrible. Mainly they just have a very faint earthy smell.

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from Anne Jackson contains these words:

The message
from (anthony james) contains these words:

Newbie questions....

I want something to make compost from kitchen waste in a small city
garden. What sort of composter do i want (and where can i get one -
london or online?)

There's not really anywhere to hide it so something that isnt too
horrid to look at would be good. Do they smell?

This question has been asked many times....try Google?

--
AnneJ
ICQ #:- 119531282

I must be doing something wrong cos my council composter is right next
to the patio and it does`nt whiff at all!! The allotment ones smells but
I could only describe that as the fresh smell of grass cuttings but they
are big 1m x 1m x 2m wooden structures. Both produce pretty good compost
at the end of the year.

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from (anthony james) contains these words:

Newbie questions....

I want something to make compost from kitchen waste in a small city
garden. What sort of composter do i want (and where can i get one -
london or online?)

There's not really anywhere to hide it so something that isnt too
horrid to look at would be good. Do they smell?

Try one that looks like a beehive. Pretty to look at.

bigboard wrote in message ...

How many people's waste will you be composting?
just the two of us but we cook (rather than ready meal)

i've found wiggly worms beehive style wormeries that look like they'd
do the job and whilst being easy on the eye.

anthony james wrote:
bigboard wrote in message ...


How many people's waste will you be composting?

just the two of us but we cook (rather than ready meal)

i've found wiggly worms beehive style wormeries that look like they'd
do the job and whilst being easy on the eye.

They probably would. I've not had much luck with wormeries myself,
although other people swear by them. I find you have to be too careful
with what you put in them, and I've killed the entire worm population a
couple of times so far.

In contrast, I have two 'normal' compost bins that I chuck anything even
remotely organic on to, and they compost quickly and have only a faint
soil-like odour.

anthony james wrote:
bigboard wrote in message ...


How many people's waste will you be composting?

just the two of us but we cook (rather than ready meal)

i've found wiggly worms beehive style wormeries that look like they'd
do the job and whilst being easy on the eye.

They probably would. I've not had much luck with wormeries myself,
although other people swear by them. I find you have to be too careful
with what you put in them, and I've killed the entire worm population a
couple of times so far.

In contrast, I have two 'normal' compost bins that I chuck anything even
remotely organic on to, and they compost quickly and have only a faint
soil-like odour.

bigboard wrote:


They probably would. I've not had much luck with wormeries myself,
although other people swear by them. I find you have to be too careful
with what you put in them, and I've killed the entire worm population a
couple of times so far.

what is it that the worms expire on?

bigboard wrote:


They probably would. I've not had much luck with wormeries myself,
although other people swear by them. I find you have to be too careful
with what you put in them, and I've killed the entire worm population a
couple of times so far.

what is it that the worms expire on?

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Anthony James wrote:
bigboard wrote:


They probably would. I've not had much luck with wormeries myself,
although other people swear by them. I find you have to be too careful
with what you put in them, and I've killed the entire worm population
a couple of times so far.


what is it that the worms expire on?

In my case, a surfeit of leeks, and being left out in the sun this summer.