Organic material for allotment.

[Snadger]

You could make something like this,you’d never know there was a bin in there & space to grow in the top (I didn’t copy & paste the link because the price said over £1000 or it might’ve been dollars either way it’s too expensive!)

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I can see a pallet project taking shape!

[Snadger]

Why not just buy a dedicated caddy? It's strong, it clicks shut to reduce smells and the carry handle is useful when you're heading to the plot....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Green-5L-...2T8:rk:18:pf:0

Far too small! for my waste requirements for a week

[veggiechicken]

Why don't you make compost in your garden?

[Mr Bones]

Kitchen trimmings go into the home dalek, bigger home stuff like hedge trimmings go to the lotty.

[Snadger]

Why don't you make compost in your garden?

Because I already have a compost bin on the plot and don't want to waste the space in my garden. Apart from that it will give me a good excuse to visit the plot each week, now that I have no chooks and can't use them as an excuse!.

[veggiechicken]

Do you still have 2 plots? I'm losing the plot here

[Snadger]

Do you still have 2 plots? I'm losing the plot here

I still have the Scrapheap at my distant site and also have a large Penultimate plot close to where I am living now.I also have a large garden but have plans for that. I fancy an orangery linked to the house with a summerhouse at the top of the garden.

I will probably keep my old plot on as well next year and maybe visit it monthly instead of the daily/weekly visit to my new plot.

[Snadger]

I am getting quite a bit of wood ash from my log burner lately so I could mix this in with my kitchen waste to help sweeten it once I get a receptacle.

[rary]

I was going to suggest a couple of mop buckets, some polythene for a lid and elastic to hold it on, but if you are going to use wood ash it would need to be cold or use metal mop buckets, though the bit to wring out the mop can't be removed with them

[4Shoes]

I can see a pallet project taking shape!

I gave this sort of thing a try in Glasgow...

Make it a bit taller with a "stable door" at top. - perhaps with a spring to close it.

Going to be a faff opening the "drawer" to fill and the drawer rails will get stressed.

I had a lid and ended up opening so often is stayed up using the wheelie bin lid most of the time.

[muck lover]

Are dalek bins really truely totally rodent proof?
I am still recovering from the trauma of killing a mouse in polytunnel ( much more traumatic for the mouse of course) but if there were rats in compost heap I think I would lose it.
But I would like to be able to compost bones...

[Bluenowhere]

No they are not. We had a rat in ours in the spring, dalek is sitting on a plastic base (the type that are shaped to fit) which itself sits on a concrete slab - part of a shed base, so no way the rat could dig under it.

Opening the lid to find tunnels and droppings, definitely not mouse sized resulted in squealing, from me rather than the rat!

Have no idea how it got in to be honest, I’m betting it squeezed in the ‘door’ at the bottom although not visably dislodged as the bin and base haven’t been chewed and the lid was still firmly on.

Only composed mainly grass, prunings nothing that should attract rats.

Have to say it has rather put me off composting at home so now take everything to the allotment. I know there are rats there but the local cat that hunts on the allotment catches them.

[Logunner]

I use a 10ltr food caddy to collect kitchen waste, keep it outside and take it to the plot a couple of times a week. Lucky to have an endless supply of cardboard.

But, are coffee grounds and tea bags green or browns?

[SarrissUK]

I use something similar to this and I've had that for quite a few years. I have two daleks at home, and I will bring the compost up there when it's finished, rather than bringin the raw materials there.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Compost-B...r=581304538899
Why are sooo many caddies so ugly and super practical? For me to use it, it needs to be where I chop my veg, and then it needs to be prrreettyyy

[SarrissUK]

But, are coffee grounds and tea bags green or browns?

Yeah that's a good question!