tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post6275230962235606707..comments2023-10-17T09:38:33.865+01:00Comments on Our New Life in the Country: Composting BrainwaveSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-58208045127513546152016-09-25T10:48:17.290+01:002016-09-25T10:48:17.290+01:00Our raised beds good do with more soil enrichment,...Our raised beds good do with more soil enrichment, might copy this idea! Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443783549385056532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-13369276777895283532016-09-21T16:27:11.753+01:002016-09-21T16:27:11.753+01:00This is a very good idea. I bet you could even mar...This is a very good idea. I bet you could even market a special small moveable bin.harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429442912701353172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-58936611097765423372016-09-20T08:19:55.283+01:002016-09-20T08:19:55.283+01:00I had a similar brainwave. Now I just make heaps...I had a similar brainwave. Now I just make heaps on any bare patch of garden. Saves effort moving it from garden to bin and back. And sometimes I dump the worm farm castings on the heap to help work through it all. Sounds like a great permaculture 'observe and interact' moment!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-7015621620284489312016-09-20T08:19:39.791+01:002016-09-20T08:19:39.791+01:00I had a similar brainwave. Now I just make heaps...I had a similar brainwave. Now I just make heaps on any bare patch of garden. Saves effort moving it from garden to bin and back. And sometimes I dump the worm farm castings on the heap to help work through it all. Sounds like a great permaculture 'observe and interact' moment!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-14910939829646374152016-09-20T07:03:28.693+01:002016-09-20T07:03:28.693+01:00That's the principle behind the keyhole beds w...That's the principle behind the keyhole beds with a central composter, so it should work very well. <br />When my new compost bins are built I'm going to plant sterile comfrey around the bottom to make the most of the nitrogen that leaches out. Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-77094560093662133552016-09-19T20:52:48.112+01:002016-09-19T20:52:48.112+01:00nettles = rich soil and a source of liquid feed......nettles = rich soil and a source of liquid feed...gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-14453866636110730092016-09-19T20:52:01.384+01:002016-09-19T20:52:01.384+01:00brilliant!brilliant!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-92035793830002689382016-09-19T20:15:58.825+01:002016-09-19T20:15:58.825+01:00Sounds a great plan. Let me know how if goes. Mine...Sounds a great plan. Let me know how if goes. Mine are just growing nettles!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-57689109175197019552016-09-19T19:12:38.968+01:002016-09-19T19:12:38.968+01:00A real case of 'fortune favours the prepared m...A real case of 'fortune favours the prepared mind' Sue - hope it works.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-36986151604153355802016-09-19T17:45:50.449+01:002016-09-19T17:45:50.449+01:00That would work too, but I prefer a bigger top bit...That would work too, but I prefer a bigger top bit for the masses of greenery going in, and of course for emptying the lawn mower clippings into. I think a narrowish pipe would drive me mad after a while.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-46099049751908604472016-09-19T17:43:35.424+01:002016-09-19T17:43:35.424+01:00Mooo 😉 Mooo 😉 Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-16507907910949753022016-09-19T16:43:35.890+01:002016-09-19T16:43:35.890+01:00I read somewhere about putting in some wide plasti...I read somewhere about putting in some wide plastic tubes with 1 cm holes drilled into them, standing on their end, half buried, maybe 2' into the ground with 1' sticking out. Kitchen or chopped garden waste goes in, saucer and stone put on pipe as a lid, then the worms take over, compost it and move the compost in and out the holes.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-2747118646609981132016-09-19T16:19:48.313+01:002016-09-19T16:19:48.313+01:00Clever cow! Clever cow! John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com