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I have one of those plastic compost bins and regularly put veg peelings in what if anything else do i need to put in ? I have added some leaves but nothing else.
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Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
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Hi Jackie
You need a mixture of greens, ie grass cuttings, soft green prunings, veg peelings and browns, ie newspaper, cardboard. Brown leaves will slow the composting process so you need to save these separately for around 2 years to make leaf mold.
Also, if you can add some chicken poo or some of the previous years compost, this will activate the process quicker.
TraceyLast edited by Tracey; 14-03-2008, 08:50 AM.Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
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Thanks will have to get hubby to cut the grass more often !!!Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
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All uncooked kitchen waste, garden clearing stuff - but not pernicious weeds - some newspaper (wrapped around peelings for example) same with kitchen roll, the contents of my Dyson bag - you need something to soak up the wetness of your kitchen peelings and grass cuttings - something to bulk it out so you don't end up with slime. That's where shredded garden prunings and paper/cardboard come in.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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definitely the (contents of the) hoover bag, and I put some shredded paper mixed with the grass cuttings to break up the large amount of 'green' waste.Comment
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shredded mail, ripped up cardboard, for example cereal boxes and most cardboard food wrappers or card, anything else that will compost except cooked food (veg go in), litter trays and nasty weeds.Comment
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With the hoover bag contents, doesn't the hair take an age to rot down? Not heard of thei before gut have wife and daughter with long hair that they brush all over the house so always lots of hair in the hoover.si'sraisedbed
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We have two daleks on the go and here's what we put in:
Banana skins.
All veg peelings
teabags
Dyson contents (yes long haired wife and daughter too)
fruit cores
onion peelings
grapefruit skins
lemon skins
shredded paper.
Newspaper used to line kitchen waste bin
occasional turkey crap
a few leaves
crab apples
occasional grass
shredded branches
vegetable growth from garden.
But we have 3 open compost heaps as well :-)Last edited by Madasafish; 14-03-2008, 10:43 AM.Comment
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I put mine in - long with grey bits!Originally posted by si'sraisedbed View Post
Last edited by Flummery; 14-03-2008, 11:46 AM.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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The contents of my hoover bag are 90% dog hair, and it rots down as well as anything.Originally posted by si'sraisedbed View PostInto each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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And coffee grounds crushed egg shells and pee, of course.
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what about bread? Or grains of that sort?Comment
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No.Originally posted by agdmf29 View Post
the general rule is no cooked foods of any kind (or else you get rats)All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Thats what mine is too!! and all the dust they seem to create! I've never put it in the compost bin, but I will do from now on.Originally posted by bluemoon View Post
"Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves." Helen Keller
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i read somewhere that only man wee will work on the compost heap.. not good seeing as only women live in our houseComment
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