[mkhenry]

I thought this was another Barret Home Ready For Occupation.  

Timbers too good  

   

[Trillium]

The reason Wiggy doesn't see any of my garden pix is because I'm still trying to figure out how to get them into my album. John put the first ones in for me, now I'm trying to get a rather long list of them on  - still  

As for personal pics, this isn't pick on trillium week.

And you still didn't answer about the holes in your shed roof  

[daveinmanc]

whats the problem getting them off  your camera and into an album???

am sure there's more than enough advice here to help you along with it, give me a shout if you need any 'instructions' its all normally straightforward to do. are you uploading them to an internet photo album like photobucket or owt like that

if it is then you sometimes have to resize them smaller for the sites to accept/upload them, if you need a good photo resizer free you can get one here  . . . . . .   free picture resizer

[WG.]

Plenty of info in the Help Link in my signature.

And, "Yes, you can plant ... ... "

[Jeanieblue]

I'm using those woven plastic rubble bags - about 1 metre square - have forked some holes in the bottom for the worms to climb in and covered them with a bit of carpet/heavy duty plastic.   Fingers crossed, but so far stuff seems to be composting down nicely in them.  Has anyone else tried these?  They look quite neat, lined up against the fence. One of them is topped off with half a dozen black sacks of leaves collected during the Autumn.

[David.]

have forked some holes in the bottom for the worms to climb in

The mice normally do that job for you.

[Jeanieblue]

Aw bless  ....... with their little forks?

[Trillium]

Finally figured out what the hole in Wiggy's shed roof is for - Scottish air conditioning    

[poultrygeist]

Some good ideas for when I build mine.

Would there be any big probs if I site mine on a concrete base ?

eg. drainage, lack of worms, etc

Only ever tried with a dalek one before and that only got luke warm.

This time it'll work.  :?

[noshed]

The concrete could get a bit messy but I think the main thing is to turn it periodically - rots much faster then, and builds yer biceps

[poultrygeist]

Thanks for the reply noshed.

I took the plunge yesterday and knocked soem bits of scrap together to make a 3ft square frame, initially about a foot high but I'm going to build it up as other bits of wood come available.

I'm not afraid of breaking into a sweat and the mess won't matter as it's 100' down the garden. I just want to make the best job of it that I can and save a few bin bags from the wheelie bin.

Also got the chicken poo once I've separated it from the wood shavings !

Mmmm. Nice.

[Jeanieblue]

I break down old pallets - really useful for building stuff on the lottie.

[David.]

Would there be any big probs if I site mine on a concrete base ?
eg. drainage, lack of worms, etc:?

The concrete could get a bit messy but I think the main thing is to turn it periodically - rots much faster then, and builds yer biceps

I put my 'Daleks' on a concrete base (to stop rats burrowing in), but use a ring cut from then bottom of a plastic dustbin (that's then used for growing potatoes in - so many seem to get thrown away with just minor damage) to make a circular hole in the concrete slab, that will let worms in, runny stuff out, but still form an outer barrier against rodents.

[poultrygeist]

I put my 'Daleks' on a concrete base (to stop rats burrowing in), but use a ring cut from then bottom of a plastic dustbin (that's then used for growing potatoes in - so many seem to get thrown away with just minor damage) to make a circular hole in the concrete slab, that will let worms in, runny stuff out, but still form an outer barrier against rodents.

Excellent idea david, and one which I would happily steal and claim as my own ( :roll: ) but the base is existing and covers quite a lot of the last 20' of the garden.
I've got my name on a pallet which I can rip apart and build the sides up a bit. If I make good progress with this one, I may try another dalek later in the year. It'll be interesting to see what difference a solid base makes.

Rob