fairy&cake Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 its a compost bin for cooked foods etc http://www.greencone.com/home.asp?lang=1 Is it good? thanks. Im trying to find ways to Minamise the rubbish i throw away. Thanks! Any ideas for waste minimising please post here, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I think that Kate has/had one, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Why does it do cooked food in particular-does the heating part allow for that? Normal ones say not to put cooked food in. The worm one does cooked food doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Ive got one of those. Mine has not been that successful but other people I know have them and say they work fine. They have to be sighted in a sunny spot which mine is in the summer, however it is in partial shade in the winter which meant it stopped working. There were a few eggs on top of the pile which did not rot down at all. they were there for over a year OH took ours apart a while back, dug out all the waste and dug the waste in the garden. Bones, chicken carcasses, eggs and egg shells had not rotted away. The smell took his breath away I have started to put some waste into the cone again, not as much as last time as I have bought a Bokashi bin. My cone was £10 from my local council. If you want to see if your council as a similar scheme check out this site www.recyclenow.com/compost Click on "get a low cost compost bin", enter your postcode, click on "additional bins" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 the cone is £65 with my council!!!!!!!! says it all. whats this bonasia [lol] bin? cant remember the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I'm thinking you mean a Bokashi bin. I'm running two of these at the mo. One to fill and the other standing for a week or so before putting it on the compost where it breaks down even further and much faster then our compost bin normally is. Like the green cone it will take all food waste and it doen't need a sunny site. We keep the one we are filling next to the kitchen bin, every layer of food gets a sprinkling of the speacial bran and when full it stands for a week before going on the compost. So far we've had no problems, no real smells except when you open it and then it's a bitlike sweet pickles. http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/foundcategory.lasso?category_id=16&-session=shopper:4E905764161272C13EGwp192018E Good info but there are cheaper places to buy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 How odd I mentioned these on my blog yesterday. Mum and Dad had one and it was excellent but Dad thought Mum was trying to kill him when he had to dig it in! This must have been a long time ago as Dad has been gone for 6 years, they may be smaller now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Okay, i'm going to be gross now. The reason you shouldn't put cooked food in the compost bin is because it attracts vermin. However, if you add urine as well, the rats won't bother trying to take up residence. I compost cooked food and have never had any problems ( and yes i do add urine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 thats not gross ! everyone pee's!!!! i thought you were going to mention stuff alot more gross that that! how much Pee to do have to put in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Not sure of the amount, i put in about 5 pints last night, under cover of darkness, as that's what Abi and I had accumulated. OH's pee goes in a garden sprayer to be sprayed round the edge of the garden to ward off foxes. We save the pee in old plastic milk bottles. I only save a day ot twos amount at a time otherwise it stinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 5 pints!!!! What are you Camels? ross occasionally pee's around the garden im not sure if its lazyness or if hes worried about foxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 ross occasionally pee's around the garden im not sure if its lazyness or if hes worried about foxes! The grumpy old bloke next door is always weeing in his compost - the thing is, we have very close gardens and being Victorian terraced houses, everyone can see what the other is doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 HAHAHAHA!!! We are lucky that our neighbours dont look over! I think all Grumpy old men wee in there Gardens! Richard on this forum mentioned something about weeing in his garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 You'd better watch it Laura if you're calling Richard a grumpy old man - he'll be after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Im sure i could handle him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I should say that 5 pints was collected over two days and was produced by both me and Abi. I didn't think it sounded excessive until i typed it on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
