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Home made compostor?

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  • 25-06-2009 7:11pm
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    MonicaBing
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭


    Ok folks, i want to do my bit and find myself left with a spare refuse bin which i want to turn into a compostor of sorts? Now i know i can use teabags, eggshells, fruit and veg peelings, but what else do i use?


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    some grass,anything that rots really.
    Tip - keep it well away from your house. They tend to attract nests of vermin.


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    MonicaBing
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    niceirishfella wrote: »
    some grass,anything that rots really.
    Tip - keep it well away from your house. They tend to attract nests of vermin.



    AH ****E REALLY:eek: Its n a wheelie bin at the back of the garden, well feck it anyway!


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Yep, I moved mine earlier this year and it was full of mice. They love the heat in there generated from the composting process.
    Thats nature I guess.


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    BrigR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭BrigR


    Cooked kitchen waste, especially meat and bones attrackts our furry friends. A layer of scrunched up newspaper, shredded cardboard or ripped up egg cartons will soak up liquid, combat bad smells and the carbon will speed up the breaking down process. Good luck!


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    Navanboyo
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    If its a self contained bin, ie the bottom is still intact and you have a lid, then the vermin should not be a problem. The disadvantage is that no worms can get in either and they really help to breakdown the material.

    Apart from the usual items mentioned, I use shredded up paper, used coffee grinds, old compost from pots, some grass clippings but not too much, any clippings from the garden, deadheaded roses and petals etc.


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    niceirishfella
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    ohhh, and a pint of water now and again helps!


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    Dr Galen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    most garden centres now sell accelerator type products that speeds things up.

    if i find random earthworms about, i stick them in too.

    i made one up at my allotment, out of a few old pallets nailed together. works a treat


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    Mozart1986
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    Piss on it! That gets it going. Seriously!


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    Got any pics of Proof Mozart!?!?!? lol


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