Comments on: Six things you never knew you could compost

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:04:19 +0000

@Mummy Manda: Hi Mummy Manda, I would second the recommendation for Freecycle. Also, local councils sometimes run good deals, so check yours out before buying one. The most important thing is to put it on bare ground (so worms can get in) and make sure you add the same volume of brown and green ingredients. Have fun!

By: Encourger

Encourger — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:36:48 +0000

@Mummy Manda: Check Freecycle in your area or Craig’s List for your composter. We got one free, a huge tumbler one. It needed a few parts that were damaged but we bought them from the company for under $20.

By: Mummy Manda

Mummy Manda — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:21:02 +0000

This is one thing that I want to start up in our garden - I seem to throw so much food waste away, especially now that I make most of our food from scratch. Great to know about egg shells as love eggs and hair as I loose so much, I always find long blonde strands everywhere! Think I’m going to buy a composter tomorrow - any tips?

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:37:08 +0000

@James: Good luck with the compost heap, James and well done on setting up your blog to help inspire others.

By: James

James — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:02:59 +0000

Hey, thanks for the information! I have yet to start composting but it is a spring project I am planning, and will also be blogging about. I just started my green blog, so I could really use some readers! If anyone has the time please visit it at: http://gogreenwithme.blogspot.com/

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:06:54 +0000

@ecogrrl: Glad it was helpful for you Ecogrrl

By: ecogrrl

ecogrrl — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:56:15 +0000

i love when i see a blogpost that can give me something i’ve not thought of before. for me i was aware of all of them except for not ever thinking about the dustpan. and i compost my dog’s hair from the brush! oy! thanks for the reminder!!!

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:42:45 +0000

@Brenna: Glad it’s inspired you Brenna’ have another go; I remember my first attempts were disastrous too!

@joe: Thanks Joe; yes teabags are great if you can find real paper ones. Better still perhaps is to use loose tea leaves - cheaper too no doubt Thanks for the eggshells tip; our slugs seem particularly tenacious but I’ve heard other people with good reports of using egg shells.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:50:15 +0000

This is the first time I have seen this blog and may I say what a fantastic blog it is too! One of the items I include in my own compost that is not listed here is used tea bags.

Ideally the tea bags would want to be of the type made from paper rather than man made fibre variety as there has been reports of the bags not breaking down fully but this has not been my own personal experience.

I noticed that you included egg shells in your compost, these are great too but did you know that crushed eggshells (not too fine) around your plants also make for an amazing deterrent to slugs and snails? so no need for nasty poisons in the garden.

By: Brenna

Brenna — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:33:09 +0000

Compost is one important thing we have yet to really explore in this house. We didn’t have the best time of it at the last house we were in, but the more I learn the easier it sounds. Love these ideas of things to add!