Winter composting question

**veggiechicken** · 17-01-2012, 09:21 AM

Carry on! Bung it all in - it all composts.

**Bren In Pots** · 17-01-2012, 09:24 AM

I compost as normal but using less stuff

**chris** · 17-01-2012, 09:52 AM

I compost as normal too, although just not as much green waste. Come spring I add in my grass cuttings and give the heap a real good mix - it soon starts back composting reasonably fast again

**Mikey** · 17-01-2012, 09:58 AM

I find the winter a good time, as the heap diminishes a lot. All of my heap goes in the Bean trench along with any woody leftovers such as sprouts and kale. The heap starts anew in the spring.

**Nicos** · 17-01-2012, 10:00 AM

Tis a good time to add any leaves you can find too!

**Madasafish** · 17-01-2012, 10:54 AM

I have two compost bins for winter leaves. And two daleks for kitchen waste: one festering and one active. Takes about a year to fill each and then left for the spring and used in tomato containers.

**VirginVegGrower** · 17-01-2012, 11:00 AM

I have my hen poo, kitchen peelings and I add hen's newspaper lining and cardboard (plain) ripped up. Have you cut back in the garden and added that?

**Vicki123** · 17-01-2012, 12:09 PM

Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post

I have my hen poo, kitchen peelings and I add hen's newspaper lining and cardboard (plain) ripped up. Have you cut back in the garden and added that?

I too compost cardboard, usually just egg boxes and loo roll tubes.

I have still some leaves on the ground, but I read somewhere (not here) that they are difficult to compost, so have not been using them. Was this wrong? I can certainly drum up some "green" from the garden if that would be ok.

We cut down all our tomato plants but bagged it for the Council to take. We still have the bag.... shall I add it?

**VirginVegGrower** · 17-01-2012, 01:18 PM

Yes if no blight, absolutely yes add those Tom plants. Leaves are put in a wire cage for leaf mold as they take up to a year to rot properly. Depends how quick you want compost. Leaves can be put into black binbags, wetted, then tied up with holes punched in the sides. You can always then add the rotted leafmold to next year's compost.

**Two_Sheds** · 17-01-2012, 05:02 PM

Guess what I do, no go on, guess

**veggiechicken** · 17-01-2012, 05:07 PM

Compost nothing??? Only joking!!! Me too.

**Two_Sheds** · 17-01-2012, 05:11 PM

I'm still producing a carrier bag of compost material every other day: pet bedding, veg trimmings, vacuum dust, hairbrush hair, weeds ... in the absence of grass clippings, liquid gold to get it all heated up

**VirginVegGrower** · 17-01-2012, 05:14 PM

Liquid Gold being a p please Bob?!?

**donnakebab** · 17-01-2012, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post

Guess what I do, no go on, guess

Yes you pee on your compost. A good activator. Actually our lottie site has a loo (not in the winter though the water supply is cut off in case of freezing) but when I can't be asked I pee in a jug in my shed and throw it on the compo (i have hand wipes to cope with hygiene). Don't pretend you haven't all thought about it or actually done it yourselves.

I also shred bank details and the like and mix them in to the heap.

My daughters would be so distraught at the idea of it.

However, TS if you have something else in mind please enlighten.

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