Compost Success at Last

I have in the past read many topics about compost bins and finally today i can say my 330l plastic bin has produced some pukka compost, I had added some grass last week so I thought I would mix it in a bit as there had been alot of hot weather here, and to my joy, underneath was some lovely black compost. Ok it has been slow, I started it at the end of last summer, generally I have added a few grass buckets, shredded paper, vegetable peelings when I remember as it is so easy to just put them in the waste disposal I forget and old bedding plants and dead heads etc. I am now going on my council web site to order another as I think someone suggested to have two running, they are after all only �£6 inc postage here, so I may have to wait, but oh I was so excited to see my compost today, guess this is the only place I could write this and someone wont advise me to "get a life". Thought I would post this to give hope to any other newish gardeners that are trying this and are maybe giving up hope as I was starting to do.

 

Hi sharon

Congrats on your compost

It is surprising how long it takes to compost down isn't it?

I have two bins on the go, and the way I work it is to fill one up completely, then leave it to compost down, then start to fill up the second one.

This year I didn't think it had amounted to much untill I started to spread it around and was pleasantly surprised to discover loads of lovely usable compost!!

Very sad I know.

Stingo

 

Brilliant Sharon - congratulations. That black crumbly stuff is glorious - its not called black gold for nothing.

 

Forget the waste disposal Sharon! Get the stuff in the compost bins. Why throw it away when you can use it to make things grow better?

We've two bins and two heaps and really get a kick out of what we return to the soil.

Get an even bigger kick out of what we take out of it though. :D