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Just for fun:
My contribution:
I've just done the annual clear out of the compost bin.
It gets emptied into dug-out trenches in the adjacent raised beds.
There are 3 parts to it.
1. The stuff on top. Recent peelings, bits of brocolli etc. This years leaves. So far so good.
2. The stuff that's been there a while. A stinking putrid sludge with the occasional mouldy puff ball of 'something'
3. The stuff that's properly decomposed.
The 2nd part has a habit of spreading into the rest of it so I have a good 30-45 minutes of wretching and gagging. Joy.
The good news is that when I dig the trenches, there is absolutely no sign of the previous years addition bar the occasional 'Pink Lady' apple sticker
so I know it has been fully broken down and helping the soil. The soil is now noticeably crumblier than it was originally so quite happy overall.
My contribution:
I've just done the annual clear out of the compost bin.
It gets emptied into dug-out trenches in the adjacent raised beds.
There are 3 parts to it.
1. The stuff on top. Recent peelings, bits of brocolli etc. This years leaves. So far so good.
2. The stuff that's been there a while. A stinking putrid sludge with the occasional mouldy puff ball of 'something'
3. The stuff that's properly decomposed.
The 2nd part has a habit of spreading into the rest of it so I have a good 30-45 minutes of wretching and gagging. Joy.
The good news is that when I dig the trenches, there is absolutely no sign of the previous years addition bar the occasional 'Pink Lady' apple sticker
so I know it has been fully broken down and helping the soil. The soil is now noticeably crumblier than it was originally so quite happy overall.
But it tastes nice 
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