Dave 123
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- Cambridgeshire alps
[QUOTE 5359503, member: 9609"]how do you make it so good ?[/QUOTE]
The compost?
The bins are approximately 6’ wide 4’ depth and 4’ height.
There are 6 of them, built in 3 pairs.
We could fill bin number 1, then turn it into number 2, then fill bin number 1, then turn them along the line but we don’t have time.
We work them as a pair.
Fill bin A.If it’s the first bin I’ll add some garden soil in thin layers (maybe 3)
We water the heap as often as possible. Cover and weigh down a sheet of thick black polythene.
Leave it for 3 months.
Turn into bin B.
Fill bin A
Empty bin B onto garden.
Turn bin A into bin B.
Fill bin A.
When emptying a bin onto the garden I’ll keep a barrow full back. As I turn the unrotted stuff into its new bin I’ll add 3 thin layers of the well rotted to the heap. Once done the heap gets soaked and covered.
I’ll a some paper from time to time. Once in a while I’ll pee on it (it’s in the college Masters garden so I have to be careful. I have cover!)
I don’t possess a shredder. Some stuff like twigs we’ll compost for 3 months, the green bits die down, then we will snap the twigs back up and throw them back in the heap.
I think the heap in the picture has had 30 odd window boxes put into it. The winter ones have bulbs in them, but the heat of the heap cooks them! But when the boxes are finished I just stack them upside down, I don’t bother to pull them apart. They break down nicely.
The compost?
The bins are approximately 6’ wide 4’ depth and 4’ height.
There are 6 of them, built in 3 pairs.
We could fill bin number 1, then turn it into number 2, then fill bin number 1, then turn them along the line but we don’t have time.
We work them as a pair.
Fill bin A.If it’s the first bin I’ll add some garden soil in thin layers (maybe 3)
We water the heap as often as possible. Cover and weigh down a sheet of thick black polythene.
Leave it for 3 months.
Turn into bin B.
Fill bin A
Empty bin B onto garden.
Turn bin A into bin B.
Fill bin A.
When emptying a bin onto the garden I’ll keep a barrow full back. As I turn the unrotted stuff into its new bin I’ll add 3 thin layers of the well rotted to the heap. Once done the heap gets soaked and covered.
I’ll a some paper from time to time. Once in a while I’ll pee on it (it’s in the college Masters garden so I have to be careful. I have cover!)
I don’t possess a shredder. Some stuff like twigs we’ll compost for 3 months, the green bits die down, then we will snap the twigs back up and throw them back in the heap.
I think the heap in the picture has had 30 odd window boxes put into it. The winter ones have bulbs in them, but the heat of the heap cooks them! But when the boxes are finished I just stack them upside down, I don’t bother to pull them apart. They break down nicely.
