Dead or Dormant?
At last, after a wait of almost 6 months, we are about to move into our new house! (banging of drums, stage off) It is a nightmare purchasing a house here, but finally, we...
Author: barbe
Turning Units – static
Static-turning-units offer an opportunity to really expand your hot-composting activities If you have access to a decent amount of green waste and if you have the space in your garden you may decide that...
Composting in a Holding-Unit
Often, the first time composter will choose to use a Holding-Unit as it is easy to make one using DIY skills if a budget is necessary. A single bin, what ever its appearance,...
Turning Units – rotating
The use of turning-units speeds up the rate of decomposition by the addition of extra oxygen. Turning-Units are those in which your ingredients are turned regularly in order to oxygenate your mix, thus raising...
Using a Compost Bin
A few thoughts on various types of compost bin. When discussing ‘bin composting’, I now know that we are simply referring to ‘composting in a container’, as opposed to having an open heap somewhere...
It’s Leaf Mould Season!
Fiery scarlet and orange berries are beginning to be visible through the leaves on the bushes lining the roads. The leaves on the chestnut trees are beginning to turn brown and there is a...
Bokashi Composting
Brilliant Bokashi – compost all your kitchen waste with Bokashi. Bokashi, another method of re-cycling kitchen waste, is thought to be based on historic Korean farming techniques, refined and brought to the modern world...
Try Trench Composting for Fabulous Vegetables
Trench Composting – soil incorporation – an overview Trench composting (sometimes called pit composting) is just what it says. You dig a trench, or a pit, add a layer of your raw materials, cover them...
10 Composting Facts to Start Off With
A selection of composting facts that you may find interesting. If we are reading about something new with unfamiliar concepts it can be tricky, at first, to organise the knowledge into a coherent whole....
Unsuitable Compost Ingredients
Learn which materials are unsuitable compost ingredients. The following is a list of items that you should not use as composting ingredients. Some experts say you should not attempt to compost these materials in a...