The Composting Craze!!!
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April 22, 2010, 1:44 pm
Filed under: Compost Bins / Compost Tumblers, Recycled Plastic Products | Tags: bin, compost, composting, environment, gardening, kedel, outdoorr, products, tumbler
Filed under: Compost Bins / Compost Tumblers, Recycled Plastic Products | Tags: bin, compost, composting, environment, gardening, kedel, outdoorr, products, tumbler
Over the last few years composting has become a big thing, gardeners all over the world have taken up composting for themselves and all playing a part in reducing our need to thow stuff in the rubbish bin.
There are many benefits to your garden growing by using home-made compost, such as:
- Increased nutrients.
- Decreases their susceptibility to pests and disease.
- Water retention is more evenly balanced within the soil.
- The structure of the soil is improved.
So the first thing to do, is get yourself a compost tumbler or a compost bin. A tumbler is the fastest at producing compost and the usual turnaround with Kedels ‘the dark destoyer’ compost tumbler is about 4-5 weeks. Now what to put in it.
The Dark Destroyer Compost Tumbler
Good things to add to the compost bin.
- Garden plant remains
- Old flowers
- Fruit and vegetable leftovers
- Nutshells
- Coffee and tea grounds
- Crushed egg shells
- Small branches and twigs
- Untreated saw dust
- Grass clippings
- Weeds
Avoid adding the following:
- Pet or human waste
- Bones
- Fatty foods
- Meats
- Dairy products
- Thick branches
- Diseased plants
- Fish
Make sure you provide the mix with the best possible conditions, so that you get your produce in optimal time.
- Rotate the drum daily to aerate the mulch inside the drum.
- Add water, moisten but don’t overdo it. Consistency is the key here. The moisture inside the mix should be around 50%, similar to that of damp clothes.
- Add many small manageable sizes of materials (small twigs and not large branches!!)
Composting can be great fun. With a good rotating compost bin, you’ll be making compost in no time.
David Trenbath
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