Mrs Frugal Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 All Waste Composter Kit Apparently you can compost all your food waste in it, including cooked food. I've just ordered one as the only food waste we have in the bin now is meat which we don't put on the compost heap or in the wormery. Everything else gets composted the traditional way, fed to the chickens or the worms. If this thing is as good as they say it is, I can put my cooked and uncooked meat in it and make a liquid feed along with any other food I can't recycle any other way! It's got Bokashi in as the active ingredient. Can't wait for it to arrive. I'll let you know how I get on with it! Should mean we put out even less rubbish now! Yippee!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 What a good idea I've not seen those before karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I haven't seen that before either - I thought it was going to be like the Green Cone but it's not. It looks really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 I wanted a green cone but they're really expensive so I went for this one instead. I've just learned that some councils give away green cones for £10 though. Not mine, of course ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Nor ours ....but, if I remember rightly, you don't actually get anything out of a green cone? - so this option is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Well slap my thigh ! So you do! That's made me feel better ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunee1 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Yeah saw these in my new natural collection the other day they look good ....let us know Kate i'd be intrested. Also noticed in the same magazine washable cotton pads for make up removal etc....brilliant idea i might make some out of an old towel as i hate using cotton wool it seems so wasteful ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 That sounds interesting - my eldest uses facial wipes to keep his spots under control and they are so wasteful. Washable pads and a bottle of lotion would be much better. I'll investigate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I use micro-fibre face cloths. They are fab, and I can use them with lotion, cleanser, water, whatever. I bought up 10 of them from a cheap chemist shop, and just pop them in the wash every couple of days and use a clean one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Fab, thanks Shona. Sounds ideal . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 That composter does look really interesting Kate. Do please let us know how you get on with it. If it's anything like as good as it sounds it'll be well worth investing in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffymuppet Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I've had one of these bokashi bins since the autumn. It lives in a kitchen cupboard and takes all the food waste that I can't compost on the garden heap or put in the wormery. It works fine - no smells except a sort of vinegary one (although husband still refers to it as 'bin juice' and tries to stay away) and when you put the 'finished' stuff on the normal compost heap it seems to break down really well. No more smelly bins I haven't really tried using the liquid as a plant feed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thanks for that Fluffymuppet! Looks like I've made a good decision then. Sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateB Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Washable pads and a bottle of lotion would be much better. I'll investigate! Kate, I use these: http://www.naturalcollection.com/natural-products/Washable-Cleansing-Pads.asp They are absolutely brilliant - ok, you could make them yourself cheaper but these come with a little mesh bag to keep them safe and tidy and keeps them altogether in the wash. They are just perfect - couldn't imagine going back to cotton wool now and I just chuck them in the wash with the bed linen for a good old boil wash to keep them nice and white. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 They sound really good Kate. I like the idea of being able to bung them in with the boil wash too as I'm a real old boiler! Thanks for that. I'm going to take a really good look at the Natural Collection site and see if there's anything else I can order while I'm at it - to save postage, you understand ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 OK, I am going to ask a stupid question here. I don't know much about composting,but am trying to learn & have a little heap in the garden now. So,if you put raw or cooked meat in this,won't it go all manky & mouldy,or does the Bokashi break it down quite quickly? And I can put everything that I don't feed to the hens in it can I? I am already a Bokashi fan & use it for the hens(when I remember to buy it that it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 I think you can put anything in this one Sarah including meat. The bokashi breaks it down somehow and makes it into a liquid feed or something compostable. Don't know how it works but I'll let you know if it actually does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yup, you can't put meat on a compost heap as it won't decompose well and you'll get rats I was eyeing up one of these on Wiggly Wigglers the other day - might be my next step, mind you, nearly everything get eaten in our house, either by us, the chooks, bunnie or worms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Meat's the only thing I can't get rid of. With that in this new composter, my bin will be nearly empty as I tend to only buy things which have the recycling symbol on the back! The majority of stuff which used to go in it was leftovers from the boys and now the worms get most of that! Isn't composting fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Do you think you need to mince or chop it up first. Sorry,but its a really interesting idea & I would love to get one,but would like to know if I am required to stand there & chop up all the old meat leftovers or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 I don't know Sarah. I'll let you know when it arrives as there's bound to be instructions - at least I hope there are ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Thanks kate - I would be very interested to hear what you think of it. I do hope its as great as it sounds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Will it take bones? I was interested in the green cones, which do take bones, but they need to be kept in the sun. We don't have much sun in our garden & I'm afraid I'd rather use the little sun we have for plants rather than a plastic cone! Particularly as its in a highly visible spot. This sounds interesting though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 I don't know Christine but I'll let you know the answer when it arrives. I'm really hoping so as it would be lovely to be able to compost the Sunday dinner bones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 It's arrived! The good news is that it will take bones as well as cooked and uncooked food including meat! Yippee! All you do is add your food waste with a handful of Bokashi and put the lid on. Every day, add another layer of food waste and a handful of Bokashi until it's full. The bad news is I've just realised I should have bought two as you need to seal them for 2 weeks once they are full which means 2 weeks when you can't use them. This company do a special offer when you buy 2 Kitchen Compost systems and I'm kicking myself for not looking around first! Once your two weeks is up, you can either dig a trench in the garden, add your partially composted bin full then cover with soil or you can put it on the compost heap and cover it with soil and vegetable matter where it will compost naturally as the vegetable matter would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
