Topic: How many compost bins?

[ACE]

The builders bags that they use for sand, gravel and ballast are degradable and will rot over a few years. I have an idea that they do not degrade into anything nice, so organic growers beware. Rubble sacks are tougher and do not rot so easily

[Amazin]

Cheers all for your input, very much appreciated.

Morons & Sons Ltd.

I googled for this... was I being foolish?

 ;D

[asbean]

Cheers all for your input, very much appreciated.

Morons & Sons Ltd.

I googled for this... was I being foolish?

 ;D

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[Eristic]

I googled for this... was I being foolish?

Um! Try Moran & Sons.

The builders bags that they use for sand, gravel and ballast are degradable and will rot over a few years.

I've yet to see it in real life but if one lets you down return it to the nearest skip and demand your money back or replacement. All these bags if not cut will last for many years as a compost bin.

[Amazin]

 ;D

[Eristic]

Photos as requested.

Main compost factory:



Overspill department:



There are a few more bags dotted in odd places but "seen one, seen them all".

[thifasmom]

wow!! thats alot of compost, may i ask what is the name of the plant seen growing in front of the 1st blue bag in the second picture?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

[manicscousers]

thifasmom, do you mean the tall stem with a purple flower, it's one of my favies, verbena bonseriaris ?sp..spreads like a weed once you have it but bees and butterflies love it  ;D

[thifasmom]

thifasmom, do you mean the tall stem with a purple flower, it's one of my favies, verbena bonseriaris ?sp..spreads like a weed once you have it but bees and butterflies love it  ;D

nope i recognised that one, i meant the bushy green one between the upturned pot and the blue bag of compost.

[nilly71]

Eristic
Thats a mad amount of bags, good idea though.

I've started clearing the area needed for the compost bins/bags, so at least it can be rotting down over winter.

Neil

[ACE]

I built a few bins in the work area today, 5 in all, each should hold 6 cubic metres. It might look a lot but there is 3.5 hectares of garden and a lot of trees. So they will soon be full even with the bonfires we have. The fronts slats can be removed and slotted in as required

[nilly71]

Ace
That looks smart and what i was thinking of, what size are they, they look about 6', are the post set into the ground or free standing?

Neil

[ACE]

6' cubes but set in the ground 1' for stability. they could be freestanding but you would need crossbrackets at the bottom to keep them square.

[nilly71]

Have you got a close up of the way you made the slotting uprights.

Neil

[ACE]

I used 6 posts, one at each corner then 2 more on the front with a noggin of timber top and bottom to space them wide enough for the slats.

[Deb P]

Trust ACE to make bigger, bad boy bins than everyone else.......I'm just jealous really! 8)

I'm resorting to plastic on my new patch as I have one 'dalek' and one huge 600l square bin lying around unused at home (already have 4 big bins there). The only reason I haven't used them is that the large one is a complete pain to fit together, and seems to split apart as soon as you put anything in the blooming thing. I've seen a few on other peoples plots mostly held together with wire, so it's obviously a crap product. I bought two via the local council...never again. I thought as they held more I could replace my two dalek bins, but although they are smaller, they rot things down much quicker so I've kept them in the end!

[cornykev]

Proper professional job Ace, only a bloke could do one like that, ;) :-X I have six dalek bins and a pallet bin for the "longer to break down stuff".  ;D ;D ;D