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Digeroo
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Cotswolds - Gravel - Alkaline
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Reply #20 on:
August 19, 2009, 10:43:50 »
I thought it would get wetter from the rain with the lid off. So have always left it on. I like the thought of growing things in it. I think I might try for some Dwarf beans. The heat from below will keep them warm and I can pop on a lid or a plastic cover when it gets cold.
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JoeCocker
Quarter Acre
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August 19, 2009, 10:57:20 »
I've got two black bins and found my compost was very smelly and taking an age to rot, so i drilled a number of 1" dia holes around the sides to improve ventilation and it appears to have improved the processes
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tim_n
Quarter Acre
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Reply #22 on:
August 19, 2009, 11:00:30 »
problem is digeroo - you keep (what little) rain we have out, but you're also keeping the moisture in as well - especially if you're putting a lot of veg in which is saturated with water as it rots!
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Tim N
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Digeroo
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August 19, 2009, 11:02:45 »
I will have a look in the garden the ones there have their lids off they make good ponds for the frogs.
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