Compost Dalek recommendations

[vixylix]

So I've motivated myself into buying a compost dalek - we havent sorted out the garden enough yet to have a proper compost bin / heap, but I've decided a temporary(ish) dalek is better than nothing. I don't want to spend a fortune, but don't want total rubbish either.

Looking on @mazon (the source of all things shopping related) the blackwalls look ok - but do I need to also buy a base?

Its a whole new world - I'd appreciate any advice

[veggiechicken]

Do your local council sell them cheap? They're about £6/7 here.

[jonny the plant pot]

https://getcomposting.com/profile/login

[vixylix]

Fab, thanks both! Do I still need to get a base though? It doesnt even seem to be an option on that website Jonny?

[veggiechicken]

I don't have a base on mine!

[DannyK]

No need for base. They say to put it on slab to keep vermin out but all that happens is that they will eventually gnaw their way in so it's pointless.

[jonny the plant pot]

No base on any of mine either

[Bigmallly]

https://getcomposting.com/composters...%2f%23cv220blh

[Bigmallly]

If the link doesn't work, I put my mothers postcode in Vicki & they come in @ £17.98, buy 1 get 1 @ half price.

[Bigmallly]

The optional base plate is £10

https://getcomposting.com/blackwall-...plate-cvbasexx

[Bren In Pots]

Try looking of Freecycle or eB@y, I picked up a Rotol Compost bin for 99p because no one else had bid on it.

[Bigmallly]

Vicki, have you tried:

https://trashnothing.com/leeds-freegle

[MarkPelican]

I've never found a need for a base, you're trying to encourage worms and other types of things in to the compost to help it break down.

If you're worried about vermin, have you considered Bokashi compost? I put all the things that would encourage rats and the like (potato peelings, fish, cooked meat, etc.) into a bokashi system and then put the results into a dalek to mix with the compost & soil. I've never had any problems with vermin since I've been doing that even though we used to get rats into the compost to eat the potato peelings before that.

[jonny the plant pot]

I've got a bin you can have if you want will take a picture tomorrow and arrange to drop it off next week if it's what you want.

[piskieinboots]

I'd not bother with a base either. You want stuff to happen in there, easier for the workers to get in and do their thaing with not base