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Composting used rabbit litter?
- Thread starter ImoT
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keletkezes
Wise Old Thumper
Eggshells don't always decompose entirely, but they are superuseful for aerating the stack. Some teabags used to (may still have?) plastic 'bags' so also won't decompose properly: worth checkingEgg shells can go in as can tea bags.
Or just drink loose-leaf and throw the leaves over the roses :lol:
ImoT
Mama Doe
Okay i'll talk to my OH about looking at some composting sites when he is back from work today. We are planning on getting one of the black plastic ones with the hatch at the bottom as they are subsidised by the council so quite cheap. I did see a really nice wooden one but it didn't have a lid and I think it's better to have a lid?!
Eggshells don't always decompose entirely, but they are superuseful for aerating the stack. Some teabags used to (may still have?) plastic 'bags' so also won't decompose properly: worth checking
Ah it would be really good if tea bags could be composted as I drink soo much tea!! I will have to see what the tea bags are made of though!
MightyMax
Banned
Yes I have a couple of council subsidised 'Daleks' at the bottom of my garden! They keep the stack well heated, which is necessary ... I actually use an organic compost activator to make the stuff go quicker. Then I can use it on my raised beds in the spring again
MightyMax
Banned
Yes me too :thumb:
However, I don't do the fancy tea pigs, so maybe they are plastic?
Coffee grounds are excellent for encouraging the worms ....
Yes I have a couple of council subsidised 'Daleks' at the bottom of my garden! They keep the stack well heated, which is necessary ... I actually use an organic compost activator to make the stuff go quicker. Then I can use it on my raised beds in the spring again
Yes, I have two of these. Don't you find it difficult to turn the compost? Also, don't know what I've done wrong but the little hatch at the bottom won't close.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/soil_makecompost1.shtml
This gives a few basics about composting.
This gives a few basics about composting.
MightyMax
Banned
Yes it's a wee bit difficult :shock: I used to use a strong stick then it broke :lol:
I now (almost) get in there with my rubber gloves on ....
MightyMax
Banned
MightyMax
Banned
Why do you think my hatches won't close?
Ooooh now (sharp intake of breath) ... I sometimes find my hatches a bit temperamental, *but* .......... I think the reason is your Daleks have gone off level. Would you like a quote to get that fixed Madam
ImoT
Mama Doe
Yes I have a couple of council subsidised 'Daleks' at the bottom of my garden! They keep the stack well heated, which is necessary ... I actually use an organic compost activator to make the stuff go quicker. Then I can use it on my raised beds in the spring again
Ah brilliant, I'm glad they are good.
I have about 10 different types of tea in the cupboard so hopefully they will all be compostable!
Ooooh now (sharp intake of breath) ... I sometimes find my hatches a bit temperamental, *but* .......... I think the reason is your Daleks have gone off level. Would you like a quote to get that fixed Madam
How can I 'refuse' . . .
Shall I put the kettle on (to boil, not on the compost)
MightyMax
Banned
Milk and two sugars please! :lol:
You don't need to join - we have own going here!:lol:
ImoT
Mama Doe
Out of all the threads i've started this one has had the most responses and it's barely about rabbits :lol:
Well, I'm just a saddo!
Someone from work left recently .... and my first comment was that I'd miss him because we used to talk about composting! He even took pics on his phone so he could show me. :roll:
ImoT
Mama Doe
Haha don't worry i'm sad too…i'm really quite excited about getting our compost bin so we can start composting, mainly due to the feeling of not wasting things though.
MightyMax
Banned
:lol::lol::lol:
