On Aug 1, 12:17*pm, Ed ex@directory wrote:
I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.

So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually *I plan to have 3.

I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access..

But what to do next? *I have read so much here and on google that I am
utterly confused.

Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?

Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
layers? *I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
maybe throw in some straw if it available.

Do I have to add accelerators? *Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!

Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
sickly sludge that it no good for anything.

Ed

also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she goes into
the compost. (alive!!!)

"z" wrote in message
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On Aug 1, 12:17 pm, Ed ex@directory wrote:
I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half
of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively
double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well.

So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually I plan to have 3.

I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to
use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides
will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access.

But what to do next? I have read so much here and on google that I am
utterly confused.

Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in
order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration?

Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the
layers? I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and
when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass
cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine,
maybe throw in some straw if it available.

Do I have to add accelerators? Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn
it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!!

Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am
now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly
sickly sludge that it no good for anything.

Ed

also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she goes into
the compost. (alive!!!)

Composting works in every way that people choose to do it, organic stuff
just can't help rotting down. I once tipped a wheelbarrow full of weeds
onto the ground because I needed the wheel barrow for other purposes, and 4
days later when I picked them up, the centre was hot, it had started. Make
as many containers as you can, and make them as big as you can. It'll work.

Steve

On Aug 1, 3:35 pm, z wrote:

also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she

It. Earthworms are hermaphrodites.

goes into
the compost. (alive!!!)

In article
,
Father Haskell wrote:

On Aug 1, 3:35 pm, z wrote:

also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she

It. Earthworms are hermaphrodites.

If they come to California they can get married ;O)
--

Billy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article
,
Father Haskell wrote:

On Aug 1, 3:35 pm, z wrote:

also if i ever come across a worm on the sidewalk he/she

It. Earthworms are hermaphrodites.

If they come to California they can get married ;O)
--

Billy

To themselves? g
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