Our Compost Bin!

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Glen

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« on: March 15, 2008, 15:06 »
My Father-in-Law knocked this compost bin together last week. I'm delighted with it! The sliding door looks and works great! Just got to fill it now.




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compostqueen

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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2008, 15:26 »
Ooooooh that's a good un  :D   Lucky you to have a useful father in law  :D

I have one of those too and was going to empty it out today as the stuff has been in it for ages. Mine has no hatch so I'll have to unscrew the front to get at the compost  :roll:

Might go over there now being as it's not raining at the moment  :D

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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2008, 19:49 »
Yep Keith is a dab hand at the old DIY!

I am off to collect a car load of manure from a mates stables tomorrow which is a result. Cant beat an endless supply of free horse poo!

Will put layers of maure and soil in and top up with veg cuttings and grass cuttings from home as we go!

Hope i am doing it right!

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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2008, 20:06 »
Looks great. Mine are similar but much scruffier and lack any gardener intervention apart from the pallets being wired together. I must admit though that I've found it just as easy to swing the front pallet open like a door so you can get a good swing with the fork.
Depends on how much big stuff you've got in the compost though.
Self-sufficient in rasberries and bindweed. Slug pellets can be handy.

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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2008, 20:08 »
We are building a second bin next to this one so maybe trying a different door would be a good idea. After all we have only had our allotment 4/5 weeks so its all trial and error still for us!

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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2008, 20:16 »
One mine is an old coal bunker I just startd to use it six months ago  must have a look to see if its any good, too buzzy on my new lotty to check
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2008, 20:18 »
What do you mean by buzzy?

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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2008, 16:08 »
Quote from: "Glen"
What do you mean by buzzy?


Like a flipping bee here there and everwhere

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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2008, 19:32 »
I emptied mine the other day on my new plot it's a double one made from pallets which had all rotted  :( , not been emptied in over 3 years they said, they where right took me 2 blooming hours and its was all soil and rubbish  :x
just beginners and got lots to learn

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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2008, 22:00 »
hi there from Stanton Hill  :D

I used to work at a pit near you  :D   Tail gate ripper :lol:   Only kidding

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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2008, 18:54 »
this is mine. I put the thuggish stuff in it, cabbage stalks, big sunflower stalks etc

Started turning it out and sieving it with a rotary sieve. It looks great!once sieved I'm using it to fill some small raised beds I'm making out of pallet tops.  I'm going to sow some carrots in one of them  :D






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