where do you do it?

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  1. Tracey in Essex

    Tracey in Essex Apprentice Gardener

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    Only ever 'turn' my two 'daleks' if they start to resemble the leaning tower of pisa. And yes, the 'jug' for urine works well. Handful of garden soil chucked in every now and then also; only because that's what my garden guru (Mum) does.
     
  2. Barbara.K

    Barbara.K Gardener

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    Wonderful! Plenty of food for thought there - and I'll get the other half a jug straight away. (It's easier for men)
     
  3. lollipop

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    My husband refuses point blank-misery.


    He isn't usually so shy.
     
  4. Sussexgardener

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    Maybe there should be another thread entitled "who wee's in their compost" with tips for shy husbands and methods for the ladies?:hehe:
     
  5. Kristen

    Kristen Under gardener

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    "My husband refuses point blank-misery."

    Try placing the compost bin under the bedroom window at, what us boys would call, a "challenging angle" :D

    If you live in a bungalow then put it on the roof instead :D :D
     
  6. Freddy

    Freddy Miserable git, well known for it

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  7. lollipop

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    I'd get plenty if I could fit the compost bin behind the actual toilet bowl. He nevers seems to miss that part. Men:old:
     
  8. scillygirl

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    You have to start them young. My toddler willingly stopped peeing in nappies for the novelty of filling a bottle for the compost. There was an element of competition between him and his Dad as to whose bottle filled fastest...
     
  9. lollipop

    lollipop Gardener

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    Yeah but we buy a lot of ginger ale in this house.....................................
     
  10. Freddy

    Freddy Miserable git, well known for it

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    Blimey, this threads going downhill fast ! :D
     
  11. Barbara.K

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    Yes, apologies - I didn't intend to lower the tone!!:oops:
     
  12. Freddy

    Freddy Miserable git, well known for it

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    I wasn't complaining :D
     
  13. Carole2009

    Carole2009 Apprentice Gardener

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    The cone shaped things which are partially buried in the ground known as 'greencones' are actually waste digesters, they are not intended to produce compost. What happens is that you put your waste in with a sprinkling of the additive that came with the green cone which contains (can't remember whether its enzymes or bacteria) that break the waste down and the nutrients are absorbed directly into the surrounding soil. Although these bins may require emptying every 2/3 years the resulting sludge should be buried in a pit and not used as compost.

    Is it the same as mine - this is a digester not a compost maker

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    If not, then I apologise for giving you duff information!
     
  14. Sussexgardener

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    No, the cone we have is a composter. I know those ones you mean though. Ours is very decidedly a composter!
     
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