Compost heap

Enii

There was an article in the Irish Times magazine yesterday about composting. Gives an interesting website www.mastercomposter.com. I made a resolution to start composing a year ago. Have been doing it since Feb 2004 and I have to say it is worth the small piece of effort it takes. Reduces the rubbish in my bin by about a quarter and it also means my bin is less smelly. See www.dublinwaste.ie for more info. also. Happy composting!!!

Doper Than U

Yup, just bought my compost bin the other day. I'm not paying for my food to go on the county's rubbish dump, when I an just as easily take care of it myself for free.

Enii

Just remember not to put cooked food or meat on the heap as it attracts rats.

Doper Than U

Yup... I love the fact that you can put your hoover dust into it though. Now that's recycling.

Scarinae

You can compost so much stuff, it's really cool! I used to think composting was just apple cores and grass clippings and stuff, but when my mother got really into organic gardening a few years ago we started composting everything from eggshells to teabags to hair from our hairbrushes.

A tip for composting - if, like us, you have a compost heaps rather than a little compost bin, get some old carpet and put it on top. It'll heat it all up and make the composting way more efficient

TheMonster

Doper Than U wrote:

Yup, just bought my compost bin the other day. I'm not paying for my food to go on the county's rubbish dump, when I an just as easily take care of it myself for free.

Hate to tell you but you can get one free from the local compo.

Enii

Which councils give them away for free? I thought most only subsidised them.

daymobrew

TheMonster wrote:

Hate to tell you but you can get one free from the local compo.

I paid 28 euro to get one a few years ago from Fingal County Council.

That article in the Irish Times magazine was interesting. It gave me a solution to my slimey compost - not enough 'browns'. I've started putting in shredded newspaper (just run it through my Lidl shredder) and torn egg cartons.

I also chop up fruit and veg (even banana skins) remains before I put them in, believing that the smaller something is the quicker it will break down.
Hair cuttings and egg shells don't seem to work well for me - practically unchanged at the output end but that could be a misbalance in my bin.

Enii

Dublin City Council are sellin Compost Bins at a reduced price 8 euro or 28 euro if you get it delivered to your doorstep...

Enii

Just thinking. Are there any need for compost heaps? If you put all the stuff you normally put on the heap into the regular bin and it went into landfill. Would it not compost or degenerate there anyway?