Composting!
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curiouswombatYesterday D-d and I went to the garden centre and bought a compost bin. I know lots of you people with proper gardens will have compost heaps - but we garden in pots on paving stones, yet got annoyed by having to throw away stuff we could re-cycle into compost.
So - we now have a big black compost bin, and put lots of the dead leaves from last autumn(!) and dead plants, old compost etc. into it, complete with some worms that were already in the dead leaves which had avoided the wind and been quietly composting in the corner behind the oil tank. And we have sorted out a small tub in the kitchen for food waste to then be emptied into the big bin - so we feel all organised now, and quite proud of ourselves!
So in honour I bring you this wonderfully silly musical link Marvellous Compost Bin" which as it is not on U-tube doesn't seem to be embedable - but go and enjoy!
So - we now have a big black compost bin, and put lots of the dead leaves from last autumn(!) and dead plants, old compost etc. into it, complete with some worms that were already in the dead leaves which had avoided the wind and been quietly composting in the corner behind the oil tank. And we have sorted out a small tub in the kitchen for food waste to then be emptied into the big bin - so we feel all organised now, and quite proud of ourselves!
So in honour I bring you this wonderfully silly musical link Marvellous Compost Bin" which as it is not on U-tube doesn't seem to be embedable - but go and enjoy!
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Date: 16/04/2007 05:01 pm (UTC)I have a very small back garden too; mostly rocks but a little landscaping. I'm thinking about a compost bin for just those reasons! My folks have always been very into composting. They'd be proud of me!
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Date: 16/04/2007 05:46 pm (UTC)The instructions started 'Place bin onto soil. If you are placing it on concrete, place a one inch layer of soil down first.' So we put it in a shady corner by the shed, where things had been composting themselves quietly and there were worms already, then put some compost out of a couple of the big pots that needed replanting, and hopefully that will do!