Dead compost bins

[Primrose]

I shall show these posts to my husband who occasionally gets irritated when we're out on a walk and I have to start looking for a suitable bush to duck behind. I now have the excuse that I'm simply adding some nutrients to the countryside.

[alan refail]

Chantal
I'm hoping you don't go with the better known Bible


"And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends." ( I Kings 16:11)


Stick to the compost and well away from walls, kings on thrones and anyone called Baasha.

Lynne

What a question for well-bred lady to ask

And before anyone asks - this is one of the Bible bits we used to snigger over a schoolboys half a century ago. And its all on:

http://www.nobeliefs.com/DarkBible/dark ... inst-walls

Alan

[Tigger]

I was trying to be politely shocked.

I do have a reputation to maintain you know.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Tigger, your reputation is second to none.

[alan refail]

Lynne
re pee
The general opinion is that worms do not like ammonia, so stick tothe heap

Alan

[Tigger]

And there's also some evidence about the strength (and potency!) of male wee as compared to the (genteel) female version of the same liquid.

Maybe it's related to the original intake source????

[Mike Vogel]

I've only just returned to this forum because work has really kept me occupied, so sorry if I've missed things. I would be surprised if the hot summer is responsibnle for poor compost, because mine rotted down quite quickly. I'm no expert, but I can say that one thing which has made a difference for me is cardboard. By balancingthe nitrogen content of the heap with carbon, this has helped produce stuff which I can really use. It also absorbs excess moisture, andthe heap needs moisture, as others have said. A heap needs something like a 3:1 ratio of carbon to nitrogen. The other thing I've witnessed on another plot is a dry mass on top of what turned out to be a wonderfully rotted substratum. So better luck next time, Barry.

mike

[lynne]

Lynne
re pee
The general opinion is that worms do not like ammonia, so stick tothe heap

Alan

Um, I thought it was acid they didn't like?
And don't compost worms live in piles of horse poo? Isn't that full of horse wee too?
I'm really confused now

[alan refail]

Lynne

If you're really keen to p**s on your worms, here's a site to check out

http://www.appropedia.org/Vermicomposting_toilet

You must let us know how you get on.

Welsh proverb for your OH while building said worm toilet:

Heb wraig heb ymryson = No wife no strife
Cofion gorau

Alan

[Gerry]

When I was at school the Biology teacher took two worms and put one into water and one into whisky. On the next lesson the one in the water was still alive and the one in the whisky was dead.

"What does that prove?" he said.

"Sir," said the bright spark, "If you've got worms, drink whisky."

I've never looked back since.
Regards, Gerry.