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by carolynW » Fri, 08 May 2009 11:09 am
Oh I agree with you, home grown stuff is so much better!
I have a "fancy smancy" composter... it was a gift in SA, its called tumbleweed, I see there is a supplier here, if you google it, you can see a picture, you need about 75% grass clippings and it does get hot enough here, place in full sun, 3 weeks later I get nice compost. I toss in the citrus stuff that can't go in the worm bins.
I am going to build a compost heap area for a friend who lives in a black and white, I found metal wire recently and bought 3 meters to form a structure to layer the stuff to put in. Full sun too should do the trick, along with layering the stuff that is to be added, with an emphasis on more grass clippings, sometimes may need to water it down too if too dry (esp leaves). Tossing in manure, dog poo, etc is great.
Oh btw, becareful with manure and worms, if the animal was dewormed recently you may kill your whole worm society. As to whether you need to age or compost the manure first, they say usually better because of the deworming or other meds the animals are given. I don't though, a bit of a risk ...
I have found soil conditions quite bad here... need to go thru reconditioning of soil. Also the movers did not pack my collapsible 3m x 3m x 0.3m gardening / vege boxes (was so mad and now sad!) as I am trying to find something equivalent before digging up the garden.
My first batch of veges (at my friends home) don't look great, the soil still needs work.