The compost heaps! Photo

[Jardiniere]

Built a new compost heap at the weekend and moved the stuff from the garden down to it.....thought you all might like to see a photo !

[Two_Sheds]

oh that's so perfessional.
Wanna come sort mine out? (four odd size pallets, cable-tied together, and wrapped all around with net curtains)

[fran]

What a gorgeous place! (and compost heap!) Any more pix of your plot?

[OllieMartin]

What a gorgeous place! (and compost heap!) Any more pix of your plot?

Before I read your post I was literally going to post "What a georgeous location".

jealous jealous jealous

[Snadger]

It doesn't matter whether it was the crappiest compost heap in the world..................with a backdrop like that who cares!

[Caro]

That is a stunning location .... wow.

[danmon_81]

thats just awesome!! Lucky lucky person! The heaps good too!

[Bren In Pots]

With that view to look at it wont be a chore to turn your heaps.

[amandaandherveg]

What compost heaps?

I was looking at the view, how on earth do you get anything done? I would just sit around drinking tea and looking at it all day - lovely.

[Storming Norman]

I want one of those - allotment that is!

[Jardiniere]

sorry i didnt respond to everyone straight away but i am unfortunately in london at the moment and havent logged on for a while....so pleased everyone likes the compost heap altho i understand that it is best to fill in the sides, have a front and cover them.......there are more photos on my page of the plot.... it is a beautiful place - hate being away!

[Gro-Bag]

Gorgeous - spectacular spot! And great containers - Nothing can rain-wash into the river from your compost though can it? Nutrients getting into water systems can be quite a problem, so I'd maybe not site them on a slope down to a shore - but it's hard to tell how far away the river is, it's probably fine...and I'm sure you don't get quite so much rain where you are as we do in Scotland ; )

[Dynamo]

Gorgeous - spectacular spot! And great containers - Nothing can rain-wash into the river from your compost though can it? Nutrients getting into water systems can be quite a problem, so I'd maybe not site them on a slope down to a shore - but it's hard to tell how far away the river is, it's probably fine...and I'm sure you don't get quite so much rain where you are as we do in Scotland ; )

I was thinking along the same lines. Personally I'd have put the heaps as far away from the lake as possible and somewhere much less obvious, like in a hidden corner. Where they are situated it would look much better if you had your most showy vegetables growing there, or even better, some wild or even more cultivated flowers.

I reckon they need to be better covered up better too. I can't get off with these bins that have loads of slats in them. The bins that I made have very little area for the air to get in, but they aren't smelly in any way at all, apart from when I add the contents of my Bokashi Buckets, but that smell soon goes, and the stuff is converting to compost very nicely. I do turn it from time to time, but not very often. I reckon that keeping the heat and moisture in the heap is far more important than worrying about having enough air in there.

Here's my bins that are still in the process of being built.

[Jardiniere]

thanks for all the advice on the compost - unlikely that anything will leak into the river unless we have a massive flood (which can happen but very rarely) however it is a massive river flowing strongly from way up in the mountains and right down the Garonne estuary ...considered putting it in a less obvious place but it should be ok where it is ...(the compost heap that is, not the river!) however we will be filling in the sides when we get back (going home today!)