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Local lass
St. Mary's Old Girl


Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:13 pm    Post subject: Composting Reply with quote

I have two composts on the go.And saves me a great deal of space from my bin.YOu would be surprised what you can compost.does anyone else compost?
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pimpdriver
Harris's Factory Worker
Harris's Factory Worker


Joined: 17 Aug 2007
Posts: 185
Location: Calne, Wiltshire

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

we have a compost bin AND a green cone for waste food.

Green Cone:
http://www.greencone.com/promotions.asp

You can get one for about £20.

Put in ALL your waste food (including bones etc) and it will rot down to water and nothing else....

We've had ours a few weeks, its going well so far.

How do you get rid of grass cuttings? We only have a lawn, so the compost bin is full of grass cuttings and is turning into slurry... how do I stop this???
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Local lass
St. Mary's Old Girl


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you are only feeding the compost bin grass cutting then it will turn in to slurry.
take a look at this
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/compost_1.php

it should help you .i have the oppersite problem to youi feed my compost bin to much plants,hedge trimming i have to collect the grass cuttings from my parents.

its all about balence grass cutting will make thinks rot much quicker.try adding ripped up news paper and card bored. Wink
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Steve B
Getting the hang of it


Joined: 10 Jun 2007
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Location: Calne

PostPosted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We put ripped newspaper into our compost bin and mix it with grass clippings to give a more balanced compost. Some shredded cardboard works well if mixed also.
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