Reply to: Compost heaps

[OrangeHopper]

Best picklelilly I ever tasted came from Harrods.

Goes well with slow-worms.

Might look to see who made it because I still think I have the jar in the garage somewhere.

[The Lone Gunman]

Theres a really good cheese shop on Judd St, in Bloomesbury. They sell some great pickles and condiments as well. You could hop on the Eurostar and be there and back in a day

Having one delivered from T'T'Arrods.

[DaveB]

You bar steward! Here I am stuck in dull grey Belgium and the only thing I can think of right now is a cheese and pickle sandwhich and there is no way of getting one. .

Thick brown grannary bread. Strong lancashire crumbly cheese and my grans recipe chutney. Bugger Bugger Bugger.

Theres a really good cheese shop on Judd St, in Bloomesbury. They sell some great pickles and condiments as well. You could hop on the Eurostar and be there and back in a day

[The Lone Gunman]

Good silage should smell like a cheese and pickle sandwich.

You bar steward! Here I am stuck in dull grey Belgium and the only thing I can think of right now is a cheese and pickle sandwhich and there is no way of getting one. .

Thick brown grannary bread. Strong lancashire crumbly cheese and my grans recipe chutney. Bugger Bugger Bugger.

[DaveB]

I have several compost heaps, they're about 30m long, 5m wide at 3m tall. Have plastic sheets with tires on top to stop the sheeting blowing away.

At least that's what I think they are, I don't ask too many deep questions of the farm staff and in return they don't ask too many deep questions of me either.

It's a silage press. Partially dry forage crops are stacked into a pile and covered with plastic. Because it's still has a relatively high moisture content it starts to ferment. This drives out the oxygen and produces organic compounds that act to presever the forage. The plastic keeps the heat and moisture from the fermentation inside the stack, stops it drying out and helps prevent oxygen getting to it which can allow mould to grow on it. The resulting silage is used as winter feed for cattle and other livestock.


Good silage should smell like a cheese and pickle sandwich.

[xoggoth]

I have no idea what they are for but I have been adding things to mine for 24 years now. It is just one of those things we British do and do not question it, if we did the empire would end. Oddly it never seems to get any bigger.

[OrangeHopper]

Will I'll ask someone else to start using it - no way am touching the stuff, am sure its full of worms and creepy crawly stuff.

Since it is so well established it might well have slow-worms.

[SandyDown]

A compost heap 10 years

I reckon you can begin to use it now.

Will I'll ask someone else to start using it - no way am touching the stuff, am sure its full of worms and creepy crawly stuff.

[threaded]

I have several compost heaps, they're about 30m long, 5m wide at 3m tall. Have plastic sheets with tires on top to stop the sheeting blowing away.

At least that's what I think they are, I don't ask too many deep questions of the farm staff and in return they don't ask too many deep questions of me either.

[BlasterBates]

A compost heap 10 years

I reckon you can begin to use it now.

[lukemg]

Used to have one for grass cuttings (nowhere else to stash them). Then received a nice green bin - sorted.

[Churchill]

Get a wormery...

much quicker...

[OrangeHopper]

Have two compost heaps.

Start filling #1 in year one. In the following spring turn it over into #2.

Start filling compost heap #1 again.

Following spring use compost from heap #1 on flowers beds or vegetable patch. Turn over compost in #1 into #2.

And so on.

Usually find you don't have to wait until year 2 to use the compost. Can be good enough between 12 and 18 months.

Always try to mix in other stuff with grass cuttings.

[SandyDown]

stick yer hand in it and if it's warm it should be good to go...

that's true, someone said the heap should generate lots of heat !!

btw: a long time ago I worked with a colleague who ordered these plastic containers that should be used for composting, only they were full of worms any idea why?? do worms speed up the composting action?

[ratewhore]

stick yer hand in it and if it's warm it should be good to go...