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I've filled my compost bin for the first time. I'm not sure how I'm going to fit the lavender prunings or all the tomato and cucumber plants..
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Well done Sonata. Give it a few weeks to rot down a little and there will be room for your lavender, tomato and cucumber plants. Now you can look forward to using it in the garden and getting the next lot started off. All that goodness all for free. Brilliant.It is the doom of man, that they forget. -
Congrats on filling your first bin Sonat,
I did read here on the vine not to compost tomato plants something to do with spreading disease.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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Only if they have blightOriginally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
Well done Sonata. It's a god feeling isn't it?
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Yay.
I filled my first one the other day. Just had a knock at the door, it was a guy delivering a second one. And a third should be on the way. The best thing is: I haven't paid a penny for any of them. The council provide one per household free. I ordered my first over a year ago and they've sinced changed suppliers who don't check previous orders. The third is one I ordered on behalf of my next-door neighbour who has a block-paved back garden so won't be needing it. I just had a quixotic moment a couple of weeks ago and ordered them all!
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I too have a composter from the council. I'ts fine for putting things in but it doesn't compost and you cannot get anything out
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How does that work? It sounds like a riddle!Originally posted by Brengirl View PostI too have a composter from the council. I'ts fine for putting things in but it doesn't compost and you cannot get anything out
I am from the council,
you can put biodegradable waste in me,
you can't take anything out.
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I haven't got space for another *sob*. I do have a wormery on the go and a bokashi too. I should surely be able to harvest some stuff though as it's been going a year?
It is a fab feeling! I was lucky - no blight here, and I've still got some toms (from sideshoots, couldn't bear to bin them so I just bunged them in the ground) doing really well.Singleton Allotments Society
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It does if you site it, and use it, correctly.Originally posted by Brengirl View PostI too have a composter from the council. I'ts fine for putting things in but it doesn't compost and you cannot get anything out
I have 4 Daleks, and love them. Even more exciting than filling one up, is taking the lid off 3 days later and seeing it's only half-full again
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Originally posted by Brengirl View PostI too have a composter from the council. I'ts fine for putting things in but it doesn't compost and you cannot get anything out
What are you putting in it & how long has it been in.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Thanks Andrea I knew I'd read something about tomatoes and composting them but wasn't too sure
Two Sheds I remember being really disappointed the first time I filled my Dalek only for half of it to disappear a couple of days later. Now its a game to see if I can judge it right before lifting the lid for the next lot to go in.
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filled both of my daleks this weekend after emptying them last weekend,but I know whemn I lift the lid on saturday the beans ,pumpkins, cucumbers & gherkins I put in will have been reduced to about 1/2 their volume.
I'm almost looking forward to cleaning out the chickens just for the compost.
how sad is that?don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow
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You make me laff. Good start to the dayComment
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