Egluntyne Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 1. Washable Cleansing pads. I sussed this one out years ago and bought 6 bog standard white 100% cotton flannels for about £3 and use a clean one daily. I then just bung it in with the washing. 2. Bokashi kitchen waste composter. Absolutely marvellous. Got mine from Wiggly Wigglers, 2 for about £55 or so. You need 2 as when the first one is full, you have to leave it to fester for 10 days. In the meantime, you get the second one going. **Top tip** Dont forget to empty the litte tap thingy at the bottom, or you may find sinister looking bin juice has leaked all over your floor. It is harmless though. Very good for keeping drains smelling lovely. Also you can use the bokashi bran to keep the Eglu smelling nice, and it speeds up composting when you put the chicken poo in your compost bin. Bye for now. Egluntine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 All Waste Composter Kit Note, peeps, that this link won't work properly in Mozilla, you need IE to get the formatting right on the webpage. Good idea, but my dogs/cats eat our left over cooked food, so between them, the hens, the wormery and the compost heap, we're ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I've had the Bokashi bins (2 of them as when one is full and has to wait for 2 weeks before emptying, the other can be started) for some months now and they are BRILLIANT. I got my from Wiggly Wigglers like Egluntineclick here. I gave up on my wormery as twice the little blighters died on me - either too hot or too cold and there was never much compost each time for our large garden AND you had to remember not to put citrus fruit and onions etc in it AND STILL the fruit flies came out in droves even with the lime mix...I gave the wormery away through our local freecycle group. Now I can compost anything and everything in the bokashi bin and the juice is a fantastic feed for the plants at this time of year and keeps the drains clean for the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 The good news is that it will take bones as well as cooked and uncooked food including meat! Kate, my instructions from Wiggly Wigglers is that the bin takes cooked and uncooked meat s"Ooops, word censored!"s and fish but NO BONES. I really don't think that the "pickling" action of the bokashi will break down the bones at all and then you are putting them, still whole, on the compost. So beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 Oh dear! That's really confusing because mine says I can put bones in - it's from The Natural Collection - but we've just emptied it for the first time and it looks almost the same as it went in which is a tad worrying! Might leave bones out in future! We don't have that many anyway which is good!! The leftovers in the composter had fermented considerably and are now dug into the compost heap. I do hope we don't attract rats! I hate rats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I hate rats too!! We have had one burrowing through our compost. I got the rat man and I think he's dealt with it - touch wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I gave up on my wormery as twice the little blighters died on me - either too hot or too cold and there was never much compost each time for our large garden AND you had to remember not to put citrus fruit and onions etc in it AND STILL the fruit flies came out in droves even with the lime mix...I gave the wormery away through our local freecycle group. I'm glad it's not just me - I've spent a fortune on replacement worms and never managed to get them to make a useful quantity of compost I think I'll clean it out at the end of the summer, feed the worms to the chooks and sell it through the campus for-sale list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Mine was going great guns and there is loads of compost on the bottom layer, but the worms refuse to move up to the next layer and I find loads of them in the sump. I have emailed WigglyWigglers about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 We got to a stage with ours when the worms started to try and evacuate it. Then it turned really smelly, so they were probably doing the right thing! It was an awful, gut-churning, vomit-inducing, nightmare to get rid of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Oh yuk! Perhaps I ought to have heeded Graham's warning about wormeries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I find loads of them in the sump. Mine kept going down to the sump as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 We got to a stage with ours when the worms started to try and evacuate it. Then it turned really smelly, so they were probably doing the right thing! It was an awful, gut-churning, vomit-inducing, nightmare to get rid of it! I thought I'd clicked onto the hairwashing topic! Now, I've realised, it's really useful sharing the findings here, isn't it? Comparing notes on wormeries, how often do we get the chance to do that elsewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I checked mine again alst night - and there were wormies in the top layer and NONE in the sump. It is a lot better since I put a dustbin lid on the top instead of the raincover, which seemed to leak. I think they were beign washed down to the sump by the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Be careful, Clare, that they've got enough air with the dustbin lid on. I killed mine one time by this method - Wiggly Wigglers said I'd suffocated them You can get a rain cover, which will let in the air, to fit over the lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Thanks for the tip Merryn - I have got the rain cover, but it's this that leaks and lets all the rain in! The dustbin lid is quite a loose fit, but on your advuce, I might try raising it up a bit to increase the airflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Still got mine up for grabs if anyone is interested..... I am sure it would work really well,but I am just too squeamish to deal with worms - daft really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Try advertising it in the 2nd hand eglu section as well Sarah, that gets a fair amount of traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Have done,Clare. 51 hits,& no interest as yet Anyhow,I haven't emptied it just yet,& will carry on maintaining it until someone comes along who is interested.....might try eBay too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryn Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Cinnamon, I got rid of mine through my local free-cycle group. I had dozens of requests within ½hr of me advertising on the site.See hereto find your local group. It's a very good scheme unless you are wanting some money for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I use Freecycle all the time Its only a month or so old, so I would like a bit of money for it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
