Mundane News

[Illaveago]

I see that the cynical aviation awfulthority may gum bryai

Does anyone on here do composting?

For some reason, things that I think might compost, in reality they do not. Potato peelings being one such item. Are they treated with too many chemicals/preservatives in the growing process? I stir my compost every two or three days, and the potato peelings do not seem to change.

I leave the compost bin (a very large wooden one) open to the elements and stir it regularly.

I just asked " She Who Must Be Obeyed" and she said that we put potato peelings and they rot away. Do you put a layer of soil over the top?
Slow worms and mice love it in there. My wife also said that the compost is layered, alternating between compost and earth allowing the bacteria from the soil to break down the stuff.

 

[Illaveago]

This is a large wooden bin about five foot by four feet and four feet tall. I have heavy clay soil in the garden, and adding compost makes a huge difference. I agree that commercial composting involves higher temperatures, but for garden plant cuttings, grass etc, my compost bin seems to work well. Also I enjoy the process of composting. Possibly I am stirring it too often. I agree that it is time-consuming.

You are not making a cake are you?

 

[Speicher]

I just asked " She Who Must Be Obeyed" and she said that we put potato peelings and they rot away. Do you put a layer of soil over the top?
Slow worms and mice love it in there. My wife also said that the compost is layered, alternating between compost and earth allowing the bacteria from the soil to break down the stuff.

Yes, I put an occasional thin layer of soil on the compost.

I have had slow worms in the bottom of the compost bin, but not mice to my knowledge.

 

[Reynard]

I am following BATE Borisov v Arsenal over the interwebs. Arsenal are leading 3-1 after half an hour.

 

[Reynard]

Picked up a pint of double cream on YS in the Co-op this afternoon. Will be making another batch of butter.

Took the first cake from the batch I made the other week out of the freezer yesterday. It's soooooo goooooood!

 

[midlife]

Tomorrow’s lunch is sorted - bean and barley soup. A portion is 2-3 of your 5 a day.

Just got to sort the Bircher for breakfast...

Lunch today was a crisp sarnie, I was torn between plain and prawn cocktail.......so went for cheese and onion

 

[hopless500]

Cabbage soup... with an addition of mushrooms and crayfish tails

 

[Reynard]

Faggots in gravy, mash & buttered cabbage here tonight.

Had some lovely gravy left over from the pork I cooked the other day, which was a perfect excuse to take a pack of faggots out of the freezer. They're simmering away in the gravy as we speak.

 

[hopless500]

Faggots in gravy, mash & buttered cabbage here tonight.

Had some lovely gravy left over from the pork I cooked the other day, which was a perfect excuse to take a pack of faggots out of the freezer. They're simmering away in the gravy as we speak.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Ham and mushroom tagliatelle with double cream and brandy. :-)
Cheese and water biscuits with an award winning CdR afters.
Life is good :-)

 

[Reynard]

I have eaten too much.

Though I might squeeze in the 17p portuguese custard tart that I picked up in the Co-op earlier...

 

[classic33]

I have eaten too much.

Though I might squeeze in the 17p portuguese custard tart that I picked up in the Co-op earlier...

Resist you must!

 

[Reynard]

Resist you must!

Resistance is futile when it comes to portuguese custard tarts... It is about to be assimilated together with a

 

[summerdays]

Just came home from Pilates to discover my daughter had called in and made my dinner using the meatballs I'd defrosted - very nice both the meal and the treat of having it ready when I got home

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Trains chuffed up. Again.