coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
Have you got your own liposuction machine then?
After yesterday, I probably need one
Food waste recycling
- Thread starter Night Train
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After yesterday, I probably need one
XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Perhaps we could put the carcasses of dead animals on spikes outside our properties in deference to our ancestors who put the heads of traitors on spikes outside the Tower of London?
woodsncrafts
New Member
Has any of you heard of a wormery, they are an excellent idea for getting rid of your food waste, also if you are an avid gardener they produce amazing compost and liquid fertiliser ,i know someone who makes and sells these (my husband) and i also use one.
We have been recycling food waste for about 3 years now, it always went in the large garden waste bin up untill a week ago when they brought out the new very small brown bin(which holds 2 or 3 quashed down bag), this i think is ok for the smaller family but we are a family of 5 so a wormey is essential for our house.
We have been recycling food waste for about 3 years now, it always went in the large garden waste bin up untill a week ago when they brought out the new very small brown bin(which holds 2 or 3 quashed down bag), this i think is ok for the smaller family but we are a family of 5 so a wormey is essential for our house.
Tim Bennet.
Entirely Average Member
- Location
- S of Kendal
You throw food away? Wow!
Very little, as you will have noticed; but some bones are too big to eat and the outer leaves of cabbage aren't very nice.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
OT diversion:
When i was an archaeology student, I worked on a dig at Castell Henlys, Pembrokeshire, am Iron Age Hill fort with reconstructed roundhouses* for visitors to look at. The man who set it up made his fortune setting up the London Dungeon, so was a bit of a showman. He reckoned that it would lok good to have heads on spikes at the entrance. Human heads were difficult, so he ordered a couple of sheep heads from a local butcher. These were erected, but some time later taken down when people complained of maggots dropping on them as they walked past. The chap was a bit nonplussed, he said "I never knew maggots could climb so high...."
*the roundhouses were erected on the actual foundations of the originals, as excavated by the archaeologists. When visitors tired of looking at them, they could come and watch real archaeologists at work, and ask if we'd found any dinosaurs....
Back on topic, I think wheelie bins are quite good at keeping smells in, provided the lid can close properly.
pshore
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Last contour N of Cambridge
Chickens here. They are amazing for eating up most cooked food scraps. They turn them into tasty eggs and also poo which gets put on the compost.
It might be simpler to not have kids though. The little blighters can be very wasteful with food.
OP
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Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
We waste very little, being Chinese we tend to eat every part that is edible. Even very small amounts of left overs will reappear in the next meal. The non veg waste tends to be bones and a little scabby skin.
A wormery, as mentioned earlier, would be good, we're not short of worms to get one started.
A wormery, as mentioned earlier, would be good, we're not short of worms to get one started.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
There's another bonus to freezing waste - if times get very hard, defrost it, and simmer it up into soup!
If you want any wormery info, let me know, we have a compost/wormery expert at St Nicks. I don't think they use the standard garden earthworms, but a special type. The benefit is that you get rid of the waste, you get compost, and you get a liquid that you can drain off via a tap, that makes a good concentrated plant food.
Basically, they are just trays that fit one on top of another, which you fill with waste in sequence, and the worms gradually move up through each later as it's filled, leaving behind the compost. You do apparently have to be careful not to give them too much citrus, as the acid presumably gives them indigestion.
From the St Nicks Rotters page:
"Wormery
Worm composting differs from traditional composting as no heat stage is involved and it’s a bit like keeping a pet – you need to keep the worms happy by keeping them moist, well fed and not too hot or cold. Wormeries are particularly suitable for composting kitchen waste. Their resulting worm casts create fine textured, nutrient rich, high quality compost. Liquid can also be collected which can be used to feed houseplants. Worms used in vermicomposting are redworms (Eisenia foetida) which are also called brandling worms or tiger worms. Never use worms dug from the garden as these are likely to be a different species not suited to the conditions found in a wormery."
The great thing is that you don't need much space, or bare soil, so it's good for people who only have small back yards.
MissTillyFlop
Evil communist dictator, lover of gerbils & Pope.
Lambeth provides free compostable bags, which you can stick in the food waste bin or on a compost heap.
However, we do have to keep ours inside as we have a foxes den in our garden.
We put this stuff in the bottom of it to keep it fresh -
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/cage-fresh-granules-600gm-by-beaphar-15790
