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General => Top Tips => Topic started by: Ninnyscrops. on February 06, 2011, 21:57:28
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Collected two wheelie bins from our local council depot, only damage was under the lip where the new lorries can't pick them up as they are cracked. Hubby fitted waterbutt taps so all veg peelings will go in, drain the liquid feed for the garden and plot. Once full I'll start filling the other one. Meanwhile the first one should start drying off with a little help from the sun :) and I'll incorporate the contents with my general compost bin contents and so should end up with a good mix.........well that's the plan.
Ninny
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Excellent idea... :)
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pictures please!! ;)
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I have 2 behind my shed told the council mine was broken and the other I had when my son moved house done the same as you with the one filled it with all the waste from the kitchen and garden and with the other I got a sack from the veg shop (onion sack) filled with manure put a bar through the top so it dangles in the water and i feed all my beans with this as a feed as as the flowers appear and then once a week when the beans are being picked
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As requested :)
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Ninny
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We "got" one and its great for wheeling about the plot at the end of the growing season throwing all the ends of things into,saves carting a wheel barrow or similar as the bin holds so much.Loving the tap idea,may need to copy that one,if we can get another! ;)
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that's good otherwise they just throw them away. Must make some enquiries too.
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Hope this is not a stupid question, how does one get right to the bottom to secure the inside part of the tap bit? I don't think my hands are long enough to get right to the bottom of the bin.
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Drill a hole
Put a bit of sealant round the hole
Screw the tap on
Leave to dry
Bobs your aunties live in lover
;D ;D ;D
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Hope this is not a stupid question, how does one get right to the bottom to secure the inside part of the tap bit? I don't think my hands are long enough to get right to the bottom of the bin.
You get someone to help. Drill hole - crawl in bin and secure tap between you. My young daughter helped with mine. Simple really.
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excellent idea ;) just got to get hold of a wheelie bin...... have to take a late night walk :-X
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shhhh, our green bin is at the plot, filled with water, we don't have any green stuff to throw away ;D
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What is the logic of filling a green waste bin, giving it the corpy just to buy the flaming stuff back again a few months down the line?
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None at all that I can see.
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Not fair these wheelie bins are all over the country. :'(
We do not have them in our area, perhaps I could make use of the tote bins they leave us. :D
Then again no as they have got holes in them. :-X
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One of my wormeries looks just like that. (You would need a shelf just above the tap so it doesn't get blocked.)
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been wanting to do a worm thingy so pinching these ideas ;) what size mesh would i need to for the bottom of the wheelie bin??
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The worms are going to get through almost any size hole! The first time I did it, I used some old net curtains over about 3mm holes. Now I just put newspaper on the shelf. When the thing is working the worms are further up the pile anyway, and you are not doing anything to make the "soil" fall through the holes. The only problem with something this size is emptying it! It can get quite heavy.
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I took the wheels off my old bin then cut off the bottom of the bin. Put the bin upside down on the soil and fitted a lid. I put all kitchen waste, leaves and Grass clippings in it and I just emptied it to give me beautiful black gold
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Yep considering this myself as a water but but as the greenhouse is on hold i have had to shelve the plan for a while :)
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I begged the council NOT to give me a green wheelie bin, explaining I composted everything myself.
As they ignored me, I took it off to allotment, and as it's waterproof, I keep things in it, like netting. I now see this is a waste of its potential - out will come the netting and off to the shed to catch rainwater off the roof.
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I have been using my green bin for water. Great for wheeling about the place. Unfortunately now need it as green bin, do need to throw out perennial weeds other things I don't like to put in the compost. I also must find out if they have any broken ones very useful.
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If you want to keep it clean you can always put perenial weeds into water to make fertilizer tea just like comfrey or nettles. Or put them in black bin liner till they are compost-takes a couple of years. Shame to get that wheelie dirty ;D ;D ;D