Saturday 14 October 2017

Compost Time - Invasion Earth


My home composting system consists of two alternating daleks at the end of the garden  -  one at either side. It should be three bins (one building, one maturing and one emptying) but there are only two daleks (and two corners).  We cope with this by emptying the mature bin into sacks when the need arises.  So this week, the building bin was full to the brim and it was time to clear out the mature bin and start afresh. Lifting the bin all was revealed: a beautifully reduced pile of well rotted kitchen vegetable waste.  This result is achieved by the action of our colony of brandling worms, the bulk of which have been transported from one bin to the other year after year for the last twenty five years.  The resulting product is ideal for making a bed for the allotment potatoes, although it also benefits the flower borders and raised beds at home.  The earth is improving year on year.





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