doublesaint Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 Is having a compost bin a good environmentally friendly idea, or a minging breeding ground for maggots and flies? This is part of my 'Good Life' project which will also halt interminably boring trips to supermarkets where you undoubtedly end up buying stuff you did not even know you needed. Such as plug in 'air fresheners', when your house already resembles Kew Gardens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got one and think it's great, just means the bin is less full and i dont have to cart my grass cuttings off to the tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublesaint Posted 5 August, 2008 Author Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got one and think it's great, just means the bin is less full and i dont have to cart my grass cuttings off to the tip Maybe too serious a question for here, but do you have to sort of lay alternate levels of food and paper/garden waste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 There's a science to it all...an exact science... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 Maybe too serious a question for here, but do you have to sort of lay alternate levels of food and paper/garden waste? yeah, you're supposed to mix it up a bit, chuck some newspaper in there every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 http://www.amazon.co.uk/compost-Gardening-Home-Garden-Books/s/qid=1217957447/ref=sr_nr_n_0?ie=UTF8&rs=64&keywords=compost&bbn=271745&rnid=64&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Acompost%2Cn%3A64%2Cn%3A271745 112 results for compost on Amazon gardening section...some people take there composting pretty seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 Personally I think composting is a load of old rubbish. Ill get my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 The closest I get to composting is forgetting to wheel the bin down to the road on a Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyLass Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got a compost bin. I hate the worms that collect around the top of the lid. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosham Scientist Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 There's a science to it all...an exact science... There certainly is. Raw vegetable matter (peel etc) goes in the compost bin, together with grass cuttings etc... Cooked food and meat and fish waste and stale sarnies etc go in the digester. No flies in either of them really... worms however...?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got a compost bin. I hate the worms that collect around the top of the lid. Yuck. Oh lovely, in that case it is a NO then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyLass Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 Oh lovely, in that case it is a NO then. T'is ok though. We've also got a small bin in the kitchen that we use so we're not constantly traipsing in & out, lined with biodegradable bin liners. If you shred paper then that can go in as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 T'is ok though. We've also got a small bin in the kitchen that we use so we're not constantly traipsing in & out, lined with biodegradable bin liners. If you shred paper then that can go in as well. My other half is a pyromaniac therefore paper is gone quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyLass Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 My other half is a pyromaniac therefore paper is gone quite quickly. Cool. We had our fence panels replaced a few weeks ago & had a bonfire not long after. Still got about 3 panels waiting for the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 I compost Pompey fans. They are so full of sh## they compost quickly and are soon spread on the rhubarb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint In Exile Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got a compost bin. I hate the worms that collect around the top of the lid. Yuck. You wouldn't like a wormery then!!! Great for the old veg waste though.. The little blighters eat it up sooooo quickly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowsaintsfan Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 Yeah we've got 1 but mainly use it for grass cuttings and a few veg peelings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 5 August, 2008 Share Posted 5 August, 2008 We've got a compost bin. I hate the worms that collect around the top of the lid. Yuck. yeh, that happens with mine too!!!!....makes me feel ill when i lift off the lid .......surely the little buggers should be IN the rubbish, munching away,not OVER it!!:confused: still, i feel good about "doing my bit", and all my neighbours put their scraps and garden waste in there too, so it's well used!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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