tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post8008081706130844703..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Making Compost Bins From Recycled MaterialsKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-25497070430632247862017-09-20T14:07:23.499+01:002017-09-20T14:07:23.499+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-49076312256128058772015-03-24T14:52:58.393+00:002015-03-24T14:52:58.393+00:00I like rustic!I like rustic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-54033436474379315582015-03-24T01:52:34.413+00:002015-03-24T01:52:34.413+00:00Well my compost pile is just that LOL a pile. LOLWell my compost pile is just that LOL a pile. LOLTexanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-80471369465706019232015-03-23T23:16:38.048+00:002015-03-23T23:16:38.048+00:00It was your comment about the windrow system the o...It was your comment about the windrow system the other day that made me look into it. I thought I'd do something similar and see how it worked for me. Thanks for that! Hopefully I should have some compost in a few months and I'll let you know how I go with it!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-4492310927126232842015-03-23T23:15:15.195+00:002015-03-23T23:15:15.195+00:00I think that the jealousy is only because you can&...I think that the jealousy is only because you can't see them in person! That was the trouble with my good ones - they'd just never get made. At least I have something to work with now!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-48312158575005450082015-03-23T23:14:15.823+00:002015-03-23T23:14:15.823+00:00I was thinking of rotting it down separately then ...I was thinking of rotting it down separately then using it sparingly as a booster for my plants. <br />No bears around here so I should be alright!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-33030712556476223782015-03-23T23:13:15.761+00:002015-03-23T23:13:15.761+00:00these look pretty rough though, up close they'...these look pretty rough though, up close they're no oil painting! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-30504549035998283582015-03-23T23:12:48.006+00:002015-03-23T23:12:48.006+00:00Not up to Monty's standards but one day I migh...Not up to Monty's standards but one day I might get there (but I doubt it!). the black bins work really well but are tricky to turn the compost in them so I just end up leaving it longer to rot down.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-57959796829391450262015-03-23T23:11:45.068+00:002015-03-23T23:11:45.068+00:00I had thought about doing one for the tractor but ...I had thought about doing one for the tractor but the trouble is my fields are pretty wet and so it can make a mess when it drives on there. This way if I keep it smaller I should keep on top of it more. Thats the plan anyway...Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-67419122284763711812015-03-23T23:10:52.863+00:002015-03-23T23:10:52.863+00:00I have a couple of the large black bin things that...I have a couple of the large black bin things that work well to a point but I just produce too much and fill them in no time. Too many weeds you see...Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-77502745977098251542015-03-23T23:10:15.812+00:002015-03-23T23:10:15.812+00:00I've sent you a message on you blog message th...I've sent you a message on you blog message thingy- I'm intrigued! <br />This isn't going to be the permentant system but it should work for now.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-39979030679802236152015-03-23T23:09:02.206+00:002015-03-23T23:09:02.206+00:00Nothing wrong with making things from pallets - th...Nothing wrong with making things from pallets - that's where my gates came from! I think the less I spend on that kind of thing the better so long as it does the job!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-19148063646227930882015-03-23T21:48:44.098+00:002015-03-23T21:48:44.098+00:00Same system as you are about to embark on...
four-...Same system as you are about to embark on...<br />four-bin windrow system...<br />all waste and some soil in the right-hand bin...<br />then, for turning...<br />all uncomposted gets heaved out to the right...<br />next bin... all part composted goes to the first bin...<br />third bin... all almost composted goes into the second bin.<br />Then it is back the other way...<br />all composted in bin three goes into the stock bin, bin four.<br />Contents of bin two go into bin three and cover back on...<br />contents of bin one go into bin two... and cover back on...<br />everything you chucked out of bin one goes back into bin one...<br />plus anything that has accumulated on the pile in the three or four days you've been shifting the contents.<br />I don't try and do it all at once!! It is backbreaking!<br />I tend to do a bin a day... it breaks up the strain!<br />So we get the fourth bin full of useable compost, every three months or so... <br />depending on how often I turn them and the outside temperature...<br />and if I've kept them watered enough...<br />Real work time to turn the lot back and forth...<br />about four hours all told.<br />BUT, it is worth it... just to know that what I am putting on the soil...<br />and therefore feeding what we eat... has good provenance!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-8325397665790719842015-03-23T21:21:21.355+00:002015-03-23T21:21:21.355+00:00Yes, it is too strong... add to the compost cycle!...Yes, it is too strong... add to the compost cycle!!<br />Perfect addition and by the time it is out the other end...<br />so to speak...<br />it is fine for use!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-59499372582198676022015-03-23T13:24:11.943+00:002015-03-23T13:24:11.943+00:00Now you have me totally jealous. I will show your...Now you have me totally jealous. I will show your pics to LH and see if he will knock me some 'temporary' compost bins up too, he has plans for all singing, all dancing ones that I just KNOW will not appear for a couple of years if I wait ;-)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-13601432836102407792015-03-23T13:01:44.927+00:002015-03-23T13:01:44.927+00:00Composting attracts bears here, which is kind of a...Composting attracts bears here, which is kind of a problem. I have lots of chicken "poop" but somebody told me not to put it directly around the roots of plants because it "burns" the roots. Do you know if that's true?<br /><br />I like your bins, why not look rustic, you live in the country so it fits right in!Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-42830833206937563222015-03-23T11:51:30.915+00:002015-03-23T11:51:30.915+00:00We have heaps behind the wood shed and horrid plas...We have heaps behind the wood shed and horrid plastic bins. Would like to have what you have made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-84134136865643391342015-03-23T11:44:24.507+00:002015-03-23T11:44:24.507+00:00Monty Don eat your heart out. Wish we had room for...Monty Don eat your heart out. Wish we had room for bins like that but have to make do with 2 black ones from the council. Work well though most of the time.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-9376854420406572302015-03-23T08:41:54.936+00:002015-03-23T08:41:54.936+00:00Pallets, fence posts and baling string and rope. ...Pallets, fence posts and baling string and rope. Plus a big pile of old hay and dung covering some nettles. I dig trenches later in the year and fill them with compost. You can do this with fresh compost material too. Even a pile of leaves makes great compost.<br /><br />Could you not make tractor size compost bins that you turn with a loading shovel? northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-67963758033163252432015-03-23T08:40:21.781+00:002015-03-23T08:40:21.781+00:00Kev could you drop me an e-mail I have something f...Kev could you drop me an e-mail I have something for you :-) Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-84429847662370348772015-03-23T08:31:01.733+00:002015-03-23T08:31:01.733+00:00Pallets and binder twine - of course! ( Though we ...Pallets and binder twine - of course! ( Though we have got a couple of green hexagonal council things. They were supposed to be for sale but we came home one day to find all the sections near the front door and so did our neighbour.......very odd........we said thank you to whoever had delivered them to the wrong place and have been using them ever since, never heard another thing about where they should have gone)Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-86202348639694922392015-03-23T07:39:31.295+00:002015-03-23T07:39:31.295+00:00thats like the system I want to set up, well done ...thats like the system I want to set up, well done at the moment I have side by side that were knocked up fro pallets, I think the removable fronts are a great idea keeps it all from spilling out as well :-)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78725216253766185322015-03-23T06:26:22.115+00:002015-03-23T06:26:22.115+00:00An excellent job Kev and re-using 'knackered&#...An excellent job Kev and re-using 'knackered' stuff to boot! Reminds me that I have to build my second compost bay on the allotment, like the first it'll be made from discarded pallets.<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-58523679525952350772015-03-23T06:26:03.930+00:002015-03-23T06:26:03.930+00:00An excellent job Kev and re-using 'knackered&#...An excellent job Kev and re-using 'knackered' stuff to boot! Reminds me that I have to build my second compost bay on the allotment, like the first it'll be made from discarded pallets.<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.com